The Commission Chief Executive, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, has stressed the need to curb the skills gap in the country’s upstream oil and gas sector.
Eyesan said this when representatives of Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, visited the corporate headquarters of the NUPRC in Abuja on Friday, May 23, 2026.
She attributed the skills deficit partly to a reduction in exploration activities prior to the advent of the current administration. This, she said, affected geologists especially.
The NUPRC boss, however, said with the renewed interest in Nigeria since the passing of the Petroleum Industry Act coupled with the business-friendly initiatives of the President Bola Tinubu administration, exploration was beginning to pick up again.
In her remarks, Donella Beaton the Vice Principal Partnerships, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen,
stated that one of the reasons for the visit was the strong interest in strengthening higher education partnerships within Africa.
