BW offshore Nigeria is delighted to announce its Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme for four (4) Nigerian applicants intending to study select engineering courses at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). The objective of the scheme is to provide financial support to Nigerians intending to further the education in courses that are relevant to the FPSO / Oil and Gas industry at the University.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:

• Have gained full time post-graduate admission into the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
• Be a citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and currently reside in Nigeria
• Have obtained a University degree in Engineering or Sciences from a Nigerian
• University with a minimum of 3.5/5.0 CGPA
• Be less than 30 years of age by 31/12/2019
• Display sound intellectual ability and leadership potential
• Have a valid Nigerian international passport
• Not have previously studied at a Post Graduate level
• Not be a beneficiary of any other scholarship or giant

The following courses qualify for award of scholarships at the NTNU:

• MSc Marine Technology
• MSc in Petroleum Engineering
• MSc in Petroleum Geosciences
• MSc in Natural Gas Technology

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates will be nominated by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) following an assessment of the candidates academic qualifications and strength of each individual application.

All nominated candidates will be contacted directly by BW Offshore, using only official BW Offshore email address ([email protected]) and requested to submit the following documentation via email:

• Copy of NTNU Admission Letter
• Completed Scholarship Application Form
• Copy of data page of international passport
• Passport Photograph (white background; not older than three months).
• Court Affidavit in a case of any mismatch of name in any presented documentation.
• Academic/Work Reference from candidates Head of Department or Supervisor / Line Manager.
• Short Essay of no more than one A4 (8.5 x 11) page. Font Arial; Font size 11). The essay should address the following:
  • Why have you chosen Engineering as a career?
  • Why do you feel you are deserving of receiving the BW Offshore Scholarship?

Note

• Following the review of candidates documentation and essay, shortlisted candidates will be invited for a short online interview with a BW Offshore panel before the final decision is made.
• The scholarship will cover tuition fees accommodation and one economy return flight ticket from Nigeria to Norway and a contribution towards living expenses only.

Source: Scholarships And Aid

Forms of Procurement

There are 2 types of contracting environment that influences the way procurement is performed.

• Centralised Contracting Environment
  In this type of organisation, there is one procurement manager, one procurement department, who handles procurement on many projects, reports to the head of department of procurement. The project manager contacts him for help.

• Decentralised Contracting Environment
  In this type of organisation, a procurement manager is assigned to one project full time and reports directly to the project manager

What is make or buy analysis?

It is a measurement technique used to make decision toward making internally or buying externally. When using this tool, the project must often look past itself.

One of the main reasons to buy is to decrease risk to the project constraints. It is better to "make" if:-

• You hae an idle work plant

• You want to retain control

• The work involves proprietary information or procedures.

Always remember that with procurements:-

• Contracts require formality

• All product and project requirement for the procurement work should be specifically stated in the contract

• If it is not in the contract, it can only be done if a formal change is issued.

• Changes must be submitted and approved in writing

• Contracts should help diminish project risk

A concerned Nigerian, Miss Chika Nwachukwu has raised alarm on the poor condition of Nigerians detained in the Kaliti Prisons, Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital city, over allegations of possession of hard drugs and money laundering.

Nwachukwu, a native of Anambra State, and an international business tycoon who deals on clothing and fashion, said she was shocked when she recently discovered that over 150 Nigerians were presently languishing in the Ethiopian prison facility.

She lamented the condition of the Nigerian inmates, alleging that they were being fed a single meal of white rice once a day throughout the year.

The white rice, she claimed, does not come with the complementary sauce (stew), as the inmates are left to provide that for themselves if they wish to at least, enjoy the meal.

According to her, relatives of the inmates back home in Nigeria have been sending money for such complementary sauce, as well as other personal effects necessary for their upkeep over the years.

Nwachukwu said most of the inmates are still awaiting trial, adding that a few were convicted, not because they were actually guilty of the offense but for the lack of adequate legal representation.

“I am just a concerned Nigerian. I care about my fellow Nigerians a lot, though I am not a politician. I am a business woman. I import clothing and fashion accessories. I have travelled on pilgrimage and gone on business tours across the globe.

The predicament of Nigerian inmates at the Kaliti prison in Ethiopia is very worrisome. They are fed only on white rice day in, day out, without the complementary sauce. This has made most of them to fall ill and looking unhealthy.

Some of them have been in the prison for over a year, feeding on just white rice, once a day, if their relatives are unable to send them money for stew. On top of that, the prison security recently brutalized the inmates, leading them to declare hunger strike,” she alleged.

Nwachukwu is however worried that the inmates may continue to endure the harsh treatment as a result of what she described as the lack of commitment of the Nigerian government to free them from the foreign prison.

She said the governments of other African countries including Kenya, Sudan, Eritrea, whose citizens were also trapped at the Kaliti prisons activated their foreign missions in Ethiopia to set their nationals free.

Nwachukwu admitted that officials of the Nigerian Embassy in Addis Ababa visited the prison in January, this year with a promise that the government would do everything possible to ensure their release and repatriation to Nigeria within three months.

She added that it’s been over five months since that visit and nothing positive was in sight with regard to freeing the inmates. She appealed to the Federal Government to step up its rescue efforts, adding that the inmates were “even willing to foot the bill for their return.” She further disclosed that in February, this year, the President of the Ethiopian Supreme Court was shocked by the alarming number of Nigerians incarcerated in the prison facility, when she visited, and was forced to ask if the Nigerian Embassy was aware of the situation.

Nwachukwu explained that from what she discovered, the Ethiopian government was willing to let the inmates go only if the appropriate Nigerian authorities would come forward to identify them.

Her words: “Many of them are awaiting trial while some have been convicted. As at January, officials from the Nigerian embassy visited them and made promises that they were going to return home in three months. Yet our government has not done anything about it. As a matter of fact, as we speak right now, the Ethiopian government is not unwilling to let the Nigerian people go, all they need is for the Nigerian government to come and identify her people.

So they cannot just let the people go except the authority comes to identify that they are citizens of Nigeria. The Nigerian embassy in Ethiopia has not done anything. President Muhammadu Buhari has to do something about this situation urgently,” she appealed.

She added that some of the inmates who have been convicted were willing to come to Nigeria and serve their prison terms, while those on the awaiting trial list were also willing to come back home and face the charges, if possible.

“But I must tell you that most of them maybe innocent of the allegations because for some of those facing drug and money laundering charges, there is no evidence linking them to such crimes. They have gone to court several times but no evidence to convict them, yet they are being held. It is quite unfortunate that some of them were intercepted while on transit to other countries,” she claimed.

MTN Nigeria says it’s being investigated by the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over a listing of shares on the stock exchange.

The Nigerian unit of MTN Group Ltd., Africa’s biggest wireless carrier, said in a statement Saturday that it wasn’t accused of any wrongdoing and is cooperating with the investigation.

The South African company listed its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on May 16 to comply with terms of a $1.5 billion settlement in 2015 with the Nigerian Communications Commission over unregistered phone lines on its network.

Since the listing, the stock has jumped 41 percent, closing at 140 naira per share on Friday, giving the company a market capitalization of 2.8 trillion naira, second only to Dangote Cement Plc.

The Lagos-based bourse said on May 21 that MTN’s shares weren’t available for buyers and urged the company to provide more of the stock for investors.

MTN is also in court challenging a $2 billion bill for alleged back taxes.

(Reuters/NAN) Bahrains Olympic womens marathon silver medallist Eunice Kirwa has been provisionally suspended after failing a doping test, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said in a statement.

Kenyan-born Kirwa, who switched allegiance to Bahrain in 2013 and finished second at the Rio Olympics in 2016, tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO), a banned blood-boosting hormone that improves endurance.

The AIU confirms (a) provisional suspension againstBahraini long-distance runner Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa for a violation of the IAAFs (International Association of Athletics Federations) Anti-Doping Rules, AIU said in a statement.

Kirwa becomes the second womens marathon podium finisher at Rio to test positive for the same substance after Kenyan gold medallist Jemima Sumgong, who was suspended for four years by her countrys anti-doping agency (ADAK) in 2017.

Sumgongs ban was doubled to eight years by the AIU after the IAAF found her guilty of providing false information while defending herself against the initial sanction, but was allowed to keep her gold medal as she tested positive in April 2017.

Source: NAN

By Emmanuel Afonne

Highly rated Flying Eagles young star Success Makanjuola has vowed to score and win the Man of the Match as a birthday gift for himself when Nigeria take on Qatar on Friday in Tychy, at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.

The Water FC of Abuja skillful Winger who is already attracting interests from top football clubs in Europe will turn 18 years on May 24, the same day the Flying Eagles are playing their first match at the World Cup.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria is drawn in Group D alongside Qatar, Ukraine and the U.S., but Makanjuola is optimistic the Flying would emerge as the best team from the group.

Its going to be a special day for me because Friday is my birthday and the only birthday gift I am praying to get is to score a goal in the game against Qatar and help my country pick up all three points in the game.

We know its not going to be easy but with the kind of preparations we have been making, the squad is confident that we can start the tournament on a winning note, and that will be the best birthday gift I can ever ask for, Makanjuola said.

The 18-year-old player is one of the hottest and much talked about player in the current Flying Eagles squad following his impressive display in the teams build up to the World Cup.

NAN reports that Nigeria is hoping to win the FIFA U-20 World Cup for the first time in Poland and Flying Eagles Coach Paul Aigbogun has emphasised the need for his boys to begin their campaign on a winning note against Qatar.

Nigeria last appeared at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand, four years ago, where Coach Manu Garbas wards were ousted in the Round of 16 by Germany in Christchurch.

The best the Flying Eagles have gone was when they won bronze medal 34 years ago in the former Soviet Union, seven-time champions of the African continent. The team finished as runners-up on two occasions in 1989 and 1995.

Source: NAN

By Chukwuemeka Opara

The Ebonyi State Ministry of Sports and Youth Development, has set-up a 5-man committee to probe the emergence of Sen. Obinna Ogba, representing Ebonyi Central, and other contestants for the state Football Association (FA) elections.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the June 1 election, has been shrouded in controversy over the alleged monopolisation of the process by Ogba, who is the incumbent chairman and the Senate Committee Chairman on Sports.

Ogba according to sports ministry sources, has occupied the seat for more than 10 years.

Mr Charlse Akpuenika, the Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, who inaugurated the committee, expressed dismay that he and other states sports stakeholders were not aware of the processes which led to the emergence of delegates and other activities concerning the election.

The committee will be headed by the ministrys new Permanent Secretary, Mr Jonathan Okoronkwo and is empowered to invite Ogba and other contestants to the next meeting of sports stakeholders in the state.

The committee should review and brief the stakeholders, the processes used in electing delegates who will vote in the elections as none of the stakeholders is aware of the process.

You must conclude this assignment within 48 hours and reconvene a meeting of the stakeholders where all the contestants and delegates should be present.

None of the contestants is above the state ministry and anyone who wants to prove so will be told that no one is above the ministry, he said.

He said that the ministry will seek a postponement of the election from the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) if all contending issues were not settled, adding that the state FA is not a one-man affair.

Desmond Ome, Secretary of the state FA, said that the holding of the state FA congress at the Salt Lake Hotel, owned by Ogba was not to manipulate the process as he was being accused-of.

The congress was held at Ogbas hotel due to security concerns, but I have insisted that the election be held at a neutral venue.

I did not alter or manipulate any delegate list as the congress is a structure existing in the state since 2015.

I am not being influenced by anybody and if the government which is my employer feels that I am the problem, it should recommend my withdrawal from the entire process, he said.

Emmanuel Utobo, Ebonyi Director of Sports noted that no information concerning the election was made available to the Sports Council or relevant stakeholders.

Hillary Obiesie, the State Sports Council Secretary faulted the documents presented by the FA secretary over the congress and election of delegates, noting that they did not emanate from the NFF.

He should inform us on the processes which led to the emergence of the delegates as we all know that it was manipulated and did not follow laid down rules, he said.

Ogba in his reaction when contacted by NAN, said that he will address the issue on his return to the state.

I will brief journalists on the issue on my return to state as it is important to make necessary clarifications.

Source: NAN

(Reuters/NAN) Valencia beat Barcelona 2-1 to win the Copa del Rey on Saturday, ending the Spanish champions four-year winning streak in the competition and denying them a domestic double.

Kevin Gameiro and Rodrigo Moreno struck first-half goals to give Marcelinos dominant Valencia control of the final in Sevilles sweltering Benito Villamarin stadium.

Record 30-times Cup winners Barcelona struggled without injured duo Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele but Lionel Messi pulled the Catalans back into the game with a finish from close range.

Goncalo Guedes missed a gilt-edged chance in stoppage-time for Valencia but they held on to win their first major trophy since last lifting the Cup in 2008.

Source: NAN

By Habibu Harisu

Sokoto State Government has commenced mobilisation of herdsmen, farmers and other community members to form joint groups of volunteers to provide security to their communities.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the groups are meant to complement the efforts of security agencies in tackling banditry and other crimes.

According to Alhaji Lawalli Fakku, Chairman of Kebbe Local Government Area, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal had directed for meetings with all stakeholders to agree on modalities for the operation of the local security guards.

The Chairman made the disclosure on Saturday in Kebbe at an interactive meeting with representatives of security agencies, traditional and religious leaders, farmers, heardsmen and local government authorities on the issue.

Fakku said the community watch groups would be set up in all local government areas currently facing security challenges such as farmers/herdsmen conflicts, cattle rustling, kidnapping and robbery.

He said that areas bordering Zamfara and Kebbi that witnessed annual influx of herders and other settlers would also have the voluntary security group.

The National Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Muhammadu Kiruwa, who chaired the meeting, said similar efforts were undertaken by Ebonyi, Ekiti and Ondo states and it yielded positive impact.

Kiruwa said the measure was planned to be replicated accross the nation, noting that laws prohibiting child grazing and night grazing would soon be enforced.

He described herdsmen in Nigeria as the most negligent group of wealthy persons in the world for surrendering their assets worth millions in the hands of minors.

Kiruwa urged herdsmen to nominate people among themselves who would serve in the security group in each area, saying it was in the interest of all to have peaceful and secure communities.

The MACBAN national chairman stated that the initiative would contribute to providing insider knowledge and in fishing out bandits within community settings.

He stressed that the combined volunteers platforms would greatly enhance government agencies efforts in tackling all forms of crimes.

This meeting aims at providing opportunity to facilitate understanding of differences, foster unity and cordial relationship among diverse ethnic groups in the area and persuade them to participate in the joint vigilante groups, he said.

Kiruwa enjoined the people to be law abiding, stop taking laws into their hands and voluntarilly surrender all guns in their possession to relevant authorities.

Speaking also, Lt.Col. Ibrahim Sherif, the Commanding Officer, 26 Battalion of Nigerian Army Sokoto, said military and other security agencies attended the stakeholders meeting in line with the directive of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Burutai.

Sherif said he represented the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division of Nigeria Army Sokoto, Maj. Gen. Hakeem Otiki.

He noted that the GOC had since deployed troops to Kebbe and environs to handle security challenges in the area.

The District Head of Balle, Alhaji Abubakar Kassim described the meeting as timely and assured of traditional rulers cooperation toward achieving success.

Kassim and other traditional rulers at the meeting urged for a law to ban night and child grazing, as well as providing accomodation to strangers.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that three representatives of herdsmen, farmers and community leaders were allowed to speak on participatory actions and challenges on the proposal. (NAN)

Source: NAN

The battle to stop the Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha from going to the Senate took another dimension on Saturday as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was ordered not to issue a Certificate of Return to him as a senator-elect for Imo West.

The order was made by a High Court sitting in Owerri.

The court, in a suit filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial candidate for Imo West Hon Jones Onyeriri against the INEC, ordered that the status quo be maintained until the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.

The presiding judge, Justice E.F. Njemanze,adjournedthe case till June 5 2019, for hearing.

Source: NAN

.Warns of imminent Xenophobic attacks on Nigerian girls

By Ifeanyi Nwoko

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons ( NAPTIP ) is seeking an agreement between Nigeria and neighbouring West African countries to end the practice of Nigerian girls being used as sex slaves in Mali.

At a presentation to the ECOWAS Parliament during its First Ordinary Session on Saturday, NAPTIP Director-General Julie Okah-Donli told members of parliament that Nigerian girls were being sold for between N210,000 and N240,000 to work as prostitutes.

Presenting the report of the fact-finding mission to Mali, Okah-Donli said that after being sold, the girls were made to pay back between N1.08 million and N1.2 million, usually within eight months, to their madams.

She said that after gaining their freedom from their madams, the girls would then go into business, making money for themselves through prostitutions before graduating to madams of their own.

There are more than one million Nigerians residing in Mali. About 20,000 of these Nigerians are girls believed to be victims of trafficking and the number increases by 50 per day.

Many victims are deceived to leave their livelihoods in Nigeria for greener pastures in Mali.

Some of the victims are abducted from Nigeria, including those that arrive in school uniforms.

On arrival at the border townbetween Burkina Faso and Mali, many of the girls are sold off for CFA 350,000 to 400,000; their new owners then make them pay back about CFA 1.6 million to CFA 2 million with one CFA being 0.6 Naira, she said.

Okah-Donli said that as part of efforts to curb the trend, the mission recommended among other things, that Nigeria should develop a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) with Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin Republic, Guinea and Senegal.

The mission further recommended that all motor-parks through which the girls were trafficked should be sanitised and efforts made to stop extortion of Nigerians travelling to or through the aforementioned countries, she said.

There is need for comprehensive sensitisation of rescued victims before repatriation and a comprehensive blueprint worked out for tracing, empowerment and rehabilitation of victims, Okah-Donli said.

She said NAPTIP was ready to give technical support to Mali if it sought to establish an anti-human trafficking agency.

For the ECOWAS Parliament, the mission recommended that the protocol on Free Movement of persons and goods be properly implemented such that other nationals are not harassed in other ECOWAS countries, the director-general said.

Throwing more light on the findings of the mission, Okah-Donli said that efforts to repatriate girls were usually foiled through the complicity of Malian security forces, coupled with the willingness of many girls to return to the sex-for-gold trade.

She said that there were some of the girls who were trafficked to the northern parts of Mali where they not only offered sex but were radicalized.

She said that many of the victims who were rescued in 2011 and some others in 2017, came back to Nigeria only to return with more girls.

The director-general further said some of the sex slaves were made to sleep with numerous men without protection while also being made to pay huge taxes by the complicit Malian authorities.

She raised the alarm that there was now a growing possibility of xenophobic attacks as Malian women were already grumbling that Nigerians were taking their men.

The Malian authorities collect taxes from the victims on a weekly basis and sell condoms and other medications compulsorily to their victims every month.

Malian women are already grumbling that Nigerian girls are taking their men, and there are fears of imminent xenophobic attacks.

Three Nigerian girls were killed between November and December 2018, Okah-Donli said.

She said that efforts to stop the trade at the borders had not been encouraged by border security as they had not made efforts to arrest the traffickers in spite of all information given to them.

The border point between Nigeria and Seme-Krake and Burma Fas/Mali are notoriously porous, and despite numerous reports and pictures of traffickers sent to law enforcement agencies at the borders, no arrests or rescues have been made.

The traffic madams are well known to the Nigerian community but they are afraid to report them because of the complicity of the Malian security agencies in human trafficking, especially the gendarmerie who assist the traffickers to carry out their activities.

Nigerian victims are way-billed from a motor-park in Cotonou, dropped at Sikasso near the border with Burkina Faso, from where they are picked by Malian gendarmerie for delivery to their madams, she said.

The director-general added that the Nigerian sex slaves lived in about 300 settlements in Malian bushes, with each settlement holding 100 to 150 girls.

The girls, aged between 16 and over 30, hang around bars and night clubs to display for their clients who take them into their huts made of polythene, Okah-Donli said.

As part of effort to curb the menace, she said the team met with the Ministry of Justice in Mali to find solution to the menace.

She said that the Malian Justice Ministry had called on NAPTIP to come up with an MoU that would provide a proper framework to end the trafficking and repatriate those already trafficked.

Source: NAN

Peruvian authorities were scrambling to assess the damage after an earthquake with a magnitude as high as 8.0 rocked the Peruvian Amazon region in the early hours of Sunday morning, leaving at least one person dead.

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra left Lima early this morning to survey the damage following the strong quake that struck the Loreto region of northern Peru.

This is a quake of great magnitude, the biggest in 12 years, since 2007, Vizcarra told reporters.

At least one person in the Cajamarca region was killed after a boulder struck his home, emergency officials said. Perus National Emergency Center(COEN) said there were at least 11 people injured and more than 50 homes destroyed. Several schools, churches, hospitals and clinics also reported damages.

The quake, rated as one of intermediate depth at around 110 kilometres, was felt around the country, and as far off as Colombia and Ecuador.

Intermediate depth quakes typically cause less surface damage than shallower tremors. Peru sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire where the majority of the worlds seismic activity occurs.

The earthquake was around 75 km SSE of Lagunas and 180 km east of the town of Moyobamba, the USGS said.

There were local reports of electric power cuts in the cities of Iquitos and Tarapoto, Amazonian towns in the Loreto region of the country. Pictures and videos online also showed some cracked and damaged walls, homes shaking and a collapsed bridge.

In neighboring Ecuador, the quake was strongest near Yantzaza, in that countrys remote and sparsely populated Amazon region, causing momentary power outages.

Ecuadorian officials reported at least seven people injured, as well as mudslides and minor damage to homes. The countrys oil and mining infrastructure was operating normally, Ecuadorian Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner said on Twitter.

Reuters

Source: NAN

By Hamza Suleiman

The Nigerian Army has denied media reports that 25 soldiers were killed in an attack coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno.

The Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, made the denial in a Short Message (SMS) sent to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri on Sunday.

Some reports claimed 25 soldiers were killed on Saturday when the insurgents attacked a military convoy evacuating civilians on Damboa-Biu Road.

Musa dismissed the report as rumour and fake.

Contrary to rumour and fake news circulating, there was no attack on any of our troops locations at Sabon Gari or any other locations in Borno State.

I have spoken with the Special Force Commander in Damboa and he confirmed to me that there was nothing of such in Damboa or any of his locations as at Friday) and Saturday, he said. (NAN)

Source: NAN

By Franca Ofili

A Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Kingsley Ferdinand, has advised Nigerians to always study and obey the word of God in order to have innermost peace to prevent them from opting for suicide in difficult moments.

Ferdinand, the Associate Priest at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Nyanya, Abuja, gave the advice at Mass on Sunday.

He said that suicide should never be an option to any problem.

When we properly study and obey the word of God which gives us innermost peace, we will never think of committing suicide.

I tell you nothing will give you peace on this earth except when you have that innermost peace, Ferdinand said.

He said the world was full of insecurity, violence and hardship but stressed that only trust in God would help the people to achieve their goals.

He advised Nigerians to turn to God who is the only solution in the face of any depression.

Ferdinand said that people should learn how to share problems with others as the saying goes a problem shared is problem half solved.

Most people that commit suicide do not share their problems with others. Do not bottle everything up, learn to discuss your problems.

Also when a lot of things are beyond your power, you should learn to leave them to God, he said.

Ferdinand recalled Pope Francis advice that the less you respond to negative people, the more peaceful your life becomes.

He called on Nigerians to pray that peace, progress and unity would prevail among the people.

Ferdinand also called on Nigerians to trust in God in order to have peaceful lives and to shun all tendencies that would not take the country to greater heights. (NAN)

Source: NAN

Who is the Ideal Stakeholder in Project Management

The ideal stakeholder is someone who:-

• Shows an interest in the project or program

• Makes themselves available when necessary

• Assigns qualified personnel to act on their behalf when they're unavailable

• Willingness to be accountable

• Reviews and signs required documents in a timely manner

• Tells you their communication preferences

• Prioritises their preferences and requirements

• Doesn't pressure project managers to circument the project management process

• Looks for opportunities to provide relief to the project team as appropriate

• Helps motivate project personnel

• Shows appreciation for good work

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We are welcoming all tech entrepreneurs and developers, both experienced and amateur alike, to join us in forming a community to leverage our collective experience, gain insight on current trends in Tech, develop standards to improve the quality of our products and network to create new opportunities.

Looking forward to collaborating with everyone on this journey.

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Grant is available for the high achieving UK/EU or international students, who commence inundergraduateorpostgraduatedegree coursework at the university.

Eligibility

• Eligible Countries:Citizens form UK/EU or all around the world
• Acceptable Course or Subjects: Undergraduate or postgraduate coursework in any subject
• Admissible Criteria: Applicant must have a passport domiciled to the country in question, have applied on Buckinghamshire New Universitys website or selected the university as their firm choice institution via UCAS application, hold an offer for a full-time undergraduate, undergraduate with foundation, or postgraduate course for September 2019.
• Candidates need to meet the entry criteria for the applied course, including interview, portfolio, audition, DBS check and/or health requirements for applicable courses and have applied to live in Brook Street Halls of Residence via the university office.

How to apply:For applying to this education award, claimants need to take admission in an undergraduate or postgraduate degree at the university. After enrolling, you can complete the award application form and submit it [email protected].

• Supporting Documents:You need to attach the educational certificate, personal statement, and a CV.
• Admission Requirements:For admission, aspirants need to have high school and graduate degree certificates with good academic grades.
• Language Requirement:Seekers are required to meet the English language requirements of their intended course of study.

Benefits:The grant is offered to support living expenses worth up to 250.

Application Deadline:July 31, 2019

Source: Scholarships And Aid