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Thursday, February 05, 2015

PDTF Breaks Cultural Barrier And Produces Katsina's First Female Pilot

Helicopter pilots are key professionals in the Oil and Gas sector. 


15 pilots were trained in South Africa under the full scholarship programme of the Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF) as internationally certified commercial pilots.These five beautiful ladies are part of the 15......







Ruqayya Suleiman

Ruqayya Suleiman from Bakori Local government area of Katsina State has become the first female pilot from her state and Raqayya's father says her dream of becoming a pilot could not have come true without the scholarship and emotional support from the PTDF. 
Today, a joyful Mr. Suleiman is excited that his young daughter has broken the cultural barrier that often prevent girls from her region from acquiring higher education.



 Angel Odumodu another beneficiary from Port Harcourt said he was shocked when he got the call from the PTDF.  “I wasn't expecting it but now I am a pilot 
and the whole family is excited”.

 Ogoromsi Apiri from Ogbia in Bayelsa State, a beneficiary, said he had always been curious to know how jets and helicopters fly,but his dream of becoming a pilot seemed impossible when his father died But the PTDF came to his rescue with the scholarship.

From Kaduna is 18 year-old Tosin Ajibola, an indigene of Kwara State who is one of the 20 children of his father who married four wives.

He said: “I wanted to be a pilot but I realized it will cost me between N12 to N20M to study abroad. My father who had 20 of us to take care of would not be able to afford the cost, so i decided to let go of the dream”. 

Today, he is grateful to the scheme that has made him Nigeria’s youngest pilot. 





From Zaria in Kaduna State is Jesuleke Elizabeth Babatunde, an indigene of Ondo State who disclosed that she and her husband had searched on-line fruitlessly for such a scholarship until PTDF offered her the lifeline.


The Executive Secretary of PTDF, Femi Ajayi, explained that the aim of the scholarship is to create capacity for the Oil and Gas sector and with the support of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Mudueke, the agency is fulfilling its mission. 



The Executive Secretary Industry collaboration Unit of the PTDF, Barrister Timipre Wolo said before the establishment of the agency, the industry was dominated by expatriates. 

“The country needed to build its indigenous capacity to make sure it filled up the available vacancies.

“Mostly, oil and gas activities in Nigeria are offshore and even those onshore; one has to fly to the locations because of the terrain of the Niger Delta. So helicopters became the major means of transportation,” she said.



With the success achieved with this first batch, Mr. Ajayi, PTDF's Executive Secetary believes that this is a dream come true for the trainees as the agency has given them a rare opportunity to improve their lives.






43 comments:

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    1. Congrats to them..i love seeing women moving forward

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    2. Ogoromsi apiri is my friend, used 2 b my bf sha, eh ya, so dt was hw he did it, good for him!

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    3. Nice one



      I love female pilots




      @Galore

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    4. Congratulations to them.Abeg, how ptdf take select these pple like so

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  2. Plenty typos @Stella.

    Congrats to them.

    That boy from a home of 20 children, thank God for your life.

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    1. GEJ at work. What did Buhari do then? with this same PTDF he stole then

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  3. Kudos to dem. Line crossers & barrier breakers,no doubt they re going to b great men&women in life.

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    1. Whoa when one door closes another one surely opens, Jesuleke thank God for u, remember when u left Pharmacy in Zaria and some people where laughing at u. Am really happy for u

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  4. Good stuff. I wanted to be a pilot too.

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  5. The lady on low cut is very beautiful.
    Congrats ladies

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    1. Jesuleke Babatunde, z c s product.I remember her equally brainy doc sis:jesubunmi.kudos!

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  6. Wow! Sexy pilots,i love women in this kind of position. So proud of them

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  7. Dts great! So vote Gej for more to come.

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  8. Wow! It's the way forward. May they live long. I pray they don't experience air crash or technical fault of whatsoever.

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  9. Congrats to them...and beautiful ladies and to the other lady that is their head, so sweet to hear one of them say she is like a mother to them on AIT .kudos for that Timi Wolo.

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  10. Congrats to them,pray they become better pilots

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  11. the Hausa's are of this strong opinion that a womans job ends in the Kitchen and Bedroom. Where she breeds inconsistently of children that they both can not take care of.


    Seeing a Female Muslim with an achievement such as this should be an eye opener for them.

    Sorry to say but an average Hausa Man cannot spell his name out in English

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    1. You need to reeducate yourself because you're obviously still living in the 60's!

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    2. Not even 60s sef.

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  12. Congrat to them,sexy ladies Hun!!!

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  13. Very pretty Jesuleke..
    Sexy pilot.
    Barrier breakers
    God bless y'all

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  14. Awwww



    Congratulations to them



    I still want to be a pilot o.



    Someday, someday, then maybe not




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  15. News like this makes my head swell,seeing my fellow ladies achieving a great feat.Congrats ladies!

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  16. a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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    I think miss suleiman is my future wife and i can see that in her eye......
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    ***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***

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    1. For This kind hot afternoon like so,you still dey dream this kind mumu dream. Nawa you oooh

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  17. See Pretty S*xy Pilots.

    I Love it when ladies Soars in their dream careers, especially men dominated fields.

    Dreams Came Alive.....
    I Love it....
    I Love Yee All .......

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  18. I have been eyeing the pilot with low cut as well and thinking her looks are extremely remarkable and that she is a very beautiful lady. Is she the married one? Kudos to her for forging ahead with her dream and not relaxing with the "Idon marry" tag most of our girls are content with these days!!

    Girls wake up!! getting married is not the all and all. dont relax in your hhusband's house!! Forge ahead with your career and chase your dream like she did!!

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    1. Chikito a.k.a FinalSay9 February 2015 at 17:20

      Lol. You can say it again. 'I don marry' as excuse to be lazy.

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  19. I want to hear steady power supply no more generaotr noise in nigeria,before i will listen to these politicians.

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  20. 1. Boy from the home of 20. Son of senator Ajibola from Kwara state. PDP Gubernatorial aspirant 2015 elections........

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  21. Congrates to them, am very happy has a woman

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  22. Meanwhile, PTDF scholars haven't been paid for 5 months all over England and USA. WHEN are we getting paid as manyof US are being thrown out by landlords?

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  23. yes ooo.JesuLeke our very own zaria born ,ABU gaduate.fine girl,better body,married sef,chai!you too much mami

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  24. I love this...Impressive

    Kudos to them!!!

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  25. This is what they have been doing from the days of PTF...

    Yes...PTDF ...favoring the North from the days of Buhari....

    Nor even one Akwa Ibom Indigene .....diaris God

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