Polytechnic of Oil and Gas Structure to be Completed in June

The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has said that work on the multimillion naira Federal Polytechnic of Oil and Gas Structure, Ekowe, in Bayelsa, will be completed before June this year. The Head of Press and External Relations of PTDF, Mr Kalu Otisi, who disclosed this in Abuja on Monday, said the polytechnic was one of the special projects being implemented by the agency in the Niger Delta. Otisi said that arrangement was being made for President Goodluck Jonathan to inaugurate the project before the next academic session. He explained that the project was conceived to provide specialised oil and gas training for the development of middle-level manpower requirement of the petroleum sector. He however declined to disclose the cost of the project but said that it was located in the Niger Delta area “for proximity to oil exploration and exploitation in upstream and downstream operations. SOURCE