ABUJA, Nigeria – Na so e be oh! More than 5,000 candidates don gather for Abuja and other cities as dem resume interview for the 2025 Overseas Scholarship Scheme wey the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) dey organize. Dis interview na serious matter sha, as dem select dis candidates from a whopping 29,000 applicants! Wetin you sabi? Na serious competition be dis o!
Dem dey run dis interview for six center wey represent Nigeria’s geopolitical zones: Abuja, Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Enugu, Bauchi, and Kaduna. Omo, if you no sabi geography before, dis na the time to brush up your skills! As dem dey chop interview pepper, the academic pros don gather as panellists to supervise dem. Professors wey sabi wetin dem dey do go dey watch everything wey happen, so no be time to play jara.
Bello Mustapha, wey be Deputy General Manager for PTDF Education and Training, talk say dem dey serious about fairness and transparency. He talk say, “We no fit allow personal interest or carelessness spoil dis process.” (Ehn, we don hear that one before!) Na so dem ensure say all panel members go evaluate candidates based on wetin dem bring to table, like academic performance, research wahala, leadership skills, and if dem fit handle life abroad without messing around.
Mustapha also drop one heavy warning: no be here you go dey lobby for candidates or tamper with scores o! If you try am, na strict sanctions go follow. (No wahala, I sabi person wey go use greasing to pass be dat!) “If you jam any violation, e fit lead to disqualification of the candidate and panellist wey join mind that kind evil.” Chai! Na serious business ebe.
Person wey sabi this scholarship matter pass, Bolanle Kehinde Agboola, the Head of the Overseas Scholarship Scheme, talk confirm say dem don shortlist about 5,000 candidates from the large pool of applicants for the 2025/2026 academic cycle. E still tell us say dem dey run a robust digital system wey go help allocate points based on wetin candidates write for dem application forms sha.
Agboola yan say, “Dem don dey do dis scheme for over 25 years, and PTDF na the name wey people fit trust”. (This one na no be small matter o! We fit use am sign contract for our lives!) We go see how e go be after dem finish all the calls. She fit no talk how many people go eventually win the scholarship, but na PTDF management go decide. So, my people, focus on the interview and leave everything to God!
As e be now, dis interview go dey run for weeks, and everybody wey dey participate go get one-on-one assessments. Dem dey try make sure say dem fit follow the federal character principles too. So, na time for seriousness, but who no go eh, we go dey watch dem from sidon and see how the story go unfold. Nigeria, we ready!
