NNPC sets new three-point agenda to boost oil production

by Chris Ikechukwu

The General Managing Director(GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Joseph Dawha, has promised to direct efforts and resources available to achieve three key programs during his tenure in office.

While speaking yesterday in Abuja, the GMD who was represented by the Group Executive Director, Business Development, Dr. Attahiru Yussuf, said that his adminstration would focus on beefing up the crude oil production capacity of the NPDC to 250,000 barrels of crude oil daily(bpd), also boost gas supply and expand gas infrastructure to enhance availability of gas for power generation and feedstock for gas-based industries.

He challenged the Information Technology Division of the Corporation to evolve innovative ideas and strategies to support management’s three-point agenda, as well as be strategic and proactive in generating ideas and deploying cutting-edge technologies that could promote the efficient and speedy achievement of the three key short-term objectives of Management.

“I urge you to re-equip yourselves in order to play a leading role in accelerating change across the entire corporation. To lead this transformation, our IT executives must re-imagine their roles by seeing themselves and encouraging others to see them as chief executives of an information business.

“Like any chief executive, our IT leadership should bring vision, direction, and organization to NNPC’s big data investment priorities. That means engaging internal customers on their biggest challenges while attracting the best talents and suppliers; most importantly, it means being accountable for execution and results,” Dawha said.

He said his expectation from the workshop was for firm decisions on five levers that are required to step up the impact of IT in NNPC to enable it achieve its corporate aspirations which are: effective IT governance, availability and stability of connectivity; supportive technology adoption programme; pace of technology assimilation capacity and consistent use of proven methodology.

Those in attendance of the workshop included top management of the NNPC such as the Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemicals, Ian Gregory Udoh; Group Executive Director, Corporate Services, Dr. Dan Efebo; Group Executive Director Commercial and Investment, Hajia Mata Abdurrahman and Company Secretary and Legal Adviser, Mr. Ikechukwu Oguine.

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