NAPEUAP Capacity Building: Giving back to the roots

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NAPE-UAP Capacity Building Giving back to the
roots
Afe MayowaChairman, NAPE-UAP Managing
Director, Danvic Concepts International (Nigeria)
Ltd
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
NAPE Nigerian Association of Petroleum
Explorationists Membership Consist of persons
involved in the applications of geosciences and
related engineering disciplines both in the oil
and gas industry and the academia
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

• Main Objective
• Advance the geosciences, especially as they
  relate to petroleum resources to disseminate
  information relating to geosciences and the
  associated disciplines.
• Promote the technology of exploring for,
  exploiting, and producing Petroleum
• To foster the spirit of scientific research
  throughout its membership

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University Assistance Programme (UAP)

• Founded in 1999 in response to the noticeable
  decline in the standard of Geoscience education
  in Nigeria
• Main Objective
• To complement the effort of the Universities,
  States and Federal Government to maintain
  established educational standard. " To contribute
  substantially to the continuous improvement of
  educational among Higher Institutions and
  Oil/Mining Industries.

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Institutions In Collaboration with NAPE

• National Universities Commission (NUC)
• Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF)
• AAPG
• NMGS/ COMEG

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Co-ordinators North west North
central North
east Prof P.M Zaborski (ABU) Prof.S.Akande
(Unilorin) Dr. Emeo Okepare (FUTY) South
west (i) South south (I)
South east Prof.J.S.Ojo (FUTA)
Prof. M.Oti (Uniport)
Prof.M.Onuoha, FNAPE (UNN) South west (ii)
South south (ii) Prof. T.Ajayi (OAU)
Dr.Solomon Abaa (Uniben) Sub-Committee Chairs
Prof. Olayinka (Distinguished Lecturers Program,
Prof.E. Ekweozor, FNAPE (Visiting Lecturers
Program) (VLP) , Dr Ayolabi, (Data Management
Programme) (DMP), Mr wasiu Odufisan (UAP
Grants-In-Aid) Chairman
Afe Mayowa Advisory Board Chair Dr.
Kingsley Ojoh, FNAPE
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IDENTIFIED INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES

• low level of funding
• limited access to ICT infrastructure and
  equipment
• Lack of basic teaching research infrastructure
• Loss of quality academic staff
• Explosive student population increase
• Poor background of university entrants
• Declining field work/ practical experience
• incessant power outage

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PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS

• Provision of field equipment, books, bus..

Prof. Emofurieta (UniBen) receiving the key to
the bus from ExxonMobil rep.
Dr. T. Najime (ABU) receiving the key to the bus
from ExxonMobil rep.
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PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS

• Refresher Fieldwork for lecturers

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PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS

• Refresher Fieldwork for lecturers

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PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS

• Mini-Conference
• List of host universities so far
• FUTA (2002)
• FUTO (2004)
• ABU (2006)
• UNICAL (2008)
• UNILORIN (2010)

Cross section of some university lecturers at the
2008 Mini-Conference
2008 best student presenter making her
presentation
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PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS

• Universities- industry linkage
• Leadership Forum
• Sabbatical
• Student Industrial
• attachment
• Carrier talks

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PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS

• Teaching assistance from Oil Gas industry
• Provision of ICT and software infrastructure
• Grants-in-Aids
• Publication of geological excursion field
  guidebooks

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AAPG/NAPE collaborations

• Imperial Barrel Award. FUTA won the first edition
  in Africa 7th position in the world in San
  Antonio
• OAU won 2009 edition in Africa and going to
  represent Africa in Denver Colorado this week
• Refresher Fieldwork for lecturers
• Field Immersion programme for students (8
  students going to Idiana September 6-16
• ExxonMobil supporting Nigeria Universities with
  2million dollars annually (Total, Agip, Chevron,
  Schlumberger, Halliburton etc)
• Leadership forum yearly
• Old Students Associations

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NEXT PHASE

• Promote practical collaboration between the
  universities Oil Gas industry with respect to
  research collaboration

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Conclusion

• We believed as an organisation that for Nigeria
  and Nigerian universities to attain the necessary
  educational standard equal to other parts of the
  world, appropriate fees must be charged.

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Distinguished Professors Thank you for
listening.