The award was the climax of the Annual Sub-Saharan Africa
Oil/Gas Conference that started from 12th August to 13th August with the theme:
The Future of Upstream, Advancing Digitalization and Gas Development Options in
Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Orjiako
delivered the keynote address at the event.
Seplat was recognized as the largest indigenous domestic
supplier of gas whilst Dr. Orjiako won the top indigenous entrepreneur award in
the energy sector.
The Leadership Award Night gave an opportunity to profile
and celebrate personalities that have helped to stabilize and grow oil/gas
business in Sub-Saharan Africa. Among the recipients of the award were: Chief
Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, who was conferred
with the Africa Leadership Award; Mallam Mele Kyari, the Group Managing
Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for transformational
leadership award, amongst others.
Commenting on the awards, Dr. Orjiako, on behalf of the
Board, management and staff of the Company, thanked Energy & Corporate
Africa, the organisers of the events, for the honour and recognition accorded
the Company and himself. He expressed the Company’s appreciation, saying the
awards highlight the hard work and resilience consistently displayed over time.
“Since inception, Seplat has continued to strive for
operational excellence and sustainable value creation for all our stakeholders.
The awards will continue to propel us to greater achievements,” he assured.
Meanwhile, Dr. Orjiako’s insightful keynote address brought
to the fore statistics highlighting the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region as an
excellent hub for future upstream growth with opportunities and a ready market
for diversification into other allied areas such as refining, Liquefied Natural
Gas (LNG) and power.
He thus urged Africans and foreign investors alike to
harness the growth potential of African developing countries to boost
development and global growth. He added that the challenges of SSA present a
significant opportunity for those seeking returns.
He also urged energy corporations to show responsibility in
neutralising their respective emission footprints and sign up for climate
change policies to protect the environment. Likewise, SSA policymakers should
embrace programmes that will strike the needed balance.
The Seplat Energy Chairman said that as the world moves
toward energy transition with Climate Change/ESG Advocacy/Policy Changes
dominating the energy discussion, gas will continue to play an increasingly
important role.
He affirmed that the new way of thinking had led the Company
to change its name from Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc to Seplat
Energy Plc. He asserted: “Our unique business direction reflects our renewed
focus on the entire energy value chain while incorporating cleaner and more
sustainable forms of energy to power Nigeria / Africa’s present and future
demand.”
The Chairman’s keynote address was well received and
applauded for its relevance to the conversation on Energy Transition, and Seplat
was lauded for its continuous giant strides I Nigeria and beyond.
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