Oando Plc Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade Oando Plc says it has completed and won the bid for the operatorship of oil block KON 13 in Angola. The firm which recently acquired Eni of Italy’s oil assets in Nigeria, said that the award of the oil block located in Angola’s onshore Kwanza Basin followed a competitive bidding process by the country’s oil and gas sector regulator. It further said hat the asset in which it owns 45 per cent participating interest, has estimated prospective resources of 770 to 1,100 million barrels of oil. Oando is handling its operations relating to the asset through its upstream subsidiary, Oando Energy Resources (OER). “Oando Plc, Africa’s leading indigenous energy solutions provider listed on both the Nigerian Exchange Limited and Johannesburg Stock Exchange is pleased to announce that its upstream subsidiary, Oando Energy Resources (OER), has been awarded operatorship of Block KON 13 in Angola’s Onshore Kwanza Basin, following a...
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The Nigeria Customs Service, the Comptroller General Bashir Adewale Adeniyi has innugurated new chairpersons and members of its four companies.
Adeniyi, during the innuguration ceremony in Lagos urged the member to be loyal and of good standing to the paramilitary institution and the country in order to make the nation's proud of the agency.
In a statement signed and made available to the media by the Chief Superintendent of Customs, National Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, Adeniyi said that the companies comprise of Customs Service Technical & Hanger Services Limited, Nigeria Customs Service Training & Hotels Limited, Nigeria Customs Service Hospital Limited, and Nigeria Customs Broadcast Network Limited.
The CGC, in the statement, said that the registration of the firms constitutes part of the agenda to improve the well-being of Officers. “The registration of the companies that have been mentioned constitutes part of our agenda to improve Officers’ welfare, as their role in revenue generation and the implementation of fiscal policies of the government and the economic prosperity of the country cannot be overemphasized,” he added.
Speaking on the growing concerns as an object of business ranging from aviation services, hospitals, healthcare, and broadcasting services, the Customs CG noted that board members are drawn from the relevant departments.
He specified that Officers and the representatives from the Ministry of Finance have been well acquainted with managing the affairs of the companies.
He disclosed that NCS is taking a cue from other ministries and parastatals of government that successfully engage in these ventures and hopes that the newly inaugurated board will nurture the companies to be stable and profit-oriented.
Adeniyi affirmed, “Nigeria Customs Services’ Technical and Hanger Service Limited shall be chaired by ACG AO Alajogun, Nigeria Customs Service Training and Hotels Limited – chaired by ACG Dappa-Williams, Nigeria Customs Service Hospital Limited is headed by ACG Ibrahim Alfa, and Comptroller Kamal Muhammad to head Nigeria Customs Broadcasting Network Limited.”
He acknowledged that representatives from the Ministry of Finance are Members and representatives from the Directorate of Legal Services serve as the Secretaries to the companies.
He further charged the board members to see to the effective management of these companies and be dogged in the discharge of their duties and responsibilities.
Adeniyi said, “I wish to charge members of the boards of these different companies to see to the effective management of the companies and to be focused on discharging their duties and responsibilities. You are assured of my support and guidance at all times.”
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