Total, NNPC, Others Partner To Deliver one billion Naira Projects In Nigeria
Oru Leonard
Total Upstream Nigeria Limited, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other partners on Tuesday handed over 10 projects in health, education and information technology, valued at N1bn to eight states in some parts of Northern Nigeria. The states are Bauchi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Borno, Katsina, Kogi, Kebbi and Kwara.
The projects, according to the company, are part of the 33 projects embarked upon by Total and its partners across the country.
In his keynote address during the commissioning of the ten mega projects as parts of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at Abuja, The Deputy Managing Director, Deepwater District, Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, Mr. Musa Ahmadu-Kida, appreciated the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which he described as their senior partners, and also Petrobras, SAPetro and CNOOC.
Mr Musa noted that the projects were conceived to bridge the gaps in qualitative and technical education, maternal and child health, access to clean water and sanitation. He said the locations of the projects were also carefully chosen to positively impact on the internally displaced persons especially in the north-east region of the country. He added that the projects were also in accordance with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals numbers 3, 4, 6 and 7. “In the area of health, the company is constructing four units of maternal and child referral centres in the north-east to assist the women impacted by the ongoing insurgency in the area. One of these is being commissioned today at Bama”, he said
Also speaking, Group General Manager of NAPIMS, a subsidiary of the NNPC, Mr. Musa Lawal, said that majority of the projects handed over to the eight states would be replicated across all states of the country. He noted that Chevron, partners donate chest clinic to Katsina, Niger.
Earlier in his opening remarks the the Chairman of the Commissioning Committee , Mr Azu Azuike said that Total Upstream Companies in Nigeria has made history by commissioning ten projects at a place in one day.
Mr Azuike thanked the management and staff of Total for their cooperation towards the success of the event.
