Malam Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), began the week with a commendation on the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) for institutionalizing a process efficiency system.
Malam Kyari gave the commendation during a visit by the management of NGC to formally brief him on the company’s International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 9001:2015 certification at the NNPC Towers, Abuja.
The GMD who expressed satisfaction with the company’s financial performance tasked the Management of NGC to sustain the current gains by striving to satisfy partners and shareholders at all times.
“I know that we are inching towards the goal of global excellence which can’t be possible without having the right processes in place.
“But we must work hard to deliver value on the basis of those standards to meet our customers’ expectations and ultimately deliver dividends to our shareholders,” he said.
The Chief Operating Officer, Gas and Power, Engr. Yusuf Usman, said the certification of the company by ISO was in line with the GMD’s Transparency, Accountability and Performance Excellence (TAPE) agenda to ensure that processes and operations of the NGC conform to global standards.
Speaking in a similar vein, the Managing Director of NGC, Engr. Seyi Omotowa, said the acquisition of the ISO Quality Management System (QMS) certification was a decision by the Management of NGC to place the company on the pedestal of quality for global competitiveness.
He said with the ISO 9001:2015 certification, NGC is in a better position to command the confidence of customers and broaden its clientele and the bottom line.
In another development, the NGC expressed its readiness to continue to build, expand and maintain the gas infrastructure footprint as part of efforts to deepen domestic gas utilisation in the country.
The Managing Director of NGC, Engr Seyi Omotowa, said that in the last one year, the Escravos to Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS 2) has been expanded.
He revealed that currently NGC is the second most profitable subsidiary of the NNPC.
Omotowa said the main business of the Company is gas transportation.
