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| Executive Vice President, Gas, Power & New Energy, NNPC Ltd, Mr. Olalekan Ogunleye speaks during a Panel Session themed “Africa’s Energy Future: Access, Investment & Sustainability” at the ongoing 2024 CERAWeek Conference in Houston, the United States on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. |
At the 2024 CERAWeek conference in Houston, Mr. Olalekan Ogunleye, the Executive Vice President, Gas, Power, and New Energy at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC), emphasized the critical role of transparency, accountability, research, technology, and innovation in the ongoing transformation within the company.
Speaking during a panel session hosted by NNPC Ltd on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, Ogunleye highlighted the company's strategic focus on leveraging modern technology under the leadership of Mr. Mele Kyari. This emphasis on technological advancement has not only enhanced operational efficiency but has also positioned NNPC to effectively compete on a global scale, creating significant value for the company.
Ogunleye's insights, shared under the theme "Africa’s Energy Future: Access, Investment & Sustainability," underscore the commitment of NNPC to driving sustainable growth and development in the energy sector.
According to a press release signed by Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd, Ogunleye said with the coming of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) in 2021, NNPC Ltd has today transformed into an integrated commercial entity that is focused on transparency and accountability, two core values that are vital towards the company’s quest to float an Initial Public Offer (IPO) at the stock exchange.
“Over the last five years, the NNPC Ltd has been pushing the agenda of transparency, accountability and performance excellence. I am glad to say that we are setting very high standards, and this is a journey that we are all committed to going forward,” Ogunleye added.
He further observed that transparency and accountability have a commercial component to them, because they can make any organisation attractive to its partners and potential investors.
He said currently, the NNPC Ltd is working assiduously to become IPO-ready, stressing that once that is done, the IPO will be phenomenal and successful.
Ogunleye, who described the future as exciting for the NNPC Ltd, said as the biggest energy company in Africa with the biggest resources and largest market, the company remains committed to delivering value to its shareholders by relentlessly improving its processes in line with global best standards.
He said gas will continue to be an important resource for Africa because it is the surest tool for economic development and for delivering better living standards for the teeming population on the continent.
He called on all gas players to sustain the advocacy for gas as a major energy source that will be utilized to develop the economic and industrial fortunes of the continent. He said gas is a top priority for NNPC Ltd because the company is at the forefront of Nigeria’s gas commercialization efforts and flare elimination.
“Gas has come to stay. It is going to be part of the energy mix for us in the long term. We shall continue to be at the forefront of accelerating gas development and commercialization in Nigeria,” he added.
Other energy experts on Mr. Ogunleye’s panel are Daniel Berkove, Senior Advisor, S&P Global; Emmanuel Mugagga, Chief Financial Officer, Uganda National Oil Company and Benjamin Kweku Acolatse, Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Finance and Administration), Ghana National Petroleum Corporation.
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