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  • Kachikwu to speak at marginal field workshop

    Kachikwu to speak at marginal field workshop

    The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, will deliver a keynote address at the marginal oil field workshop/B2B matchmaking event on October 19th, 2017 at the Civic Centre in Lagos.

    The workshop is being convened by Businessday Media and Meiracopp Nigeria Limited (MNL).The Federal Government plans to farm-out dozens of marginal oil fields geared towards growing the participation of indigenous firms in the upstream sector. The forthcoming marginal oil field bid round is particularly strategic for a number of reasons, which underscores the anxious posture of both the oil and gas community in Nigeria and the Federal Government.

    The last major bid round was 14 years ago (in 2003), with several proposed award rounds that were deferred by past governments and which consequently heightened the anxiety.

  • ‘Nigerian oil firms can execute 80% of engineering design’

    ‘Nigerian oil firms can execute 80% of engineering design’

    • NCDMB shifts focus to R&D for advancement

    Nigerian oil and gas service firms have the capacity to execute over 80 per cent engineering designs in-country, Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Simbi Wabote, has said.

    He said this while delivering the keynote address at the just-concluded maiden edition of the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Research and Development Fair and Conference. It was organised by NCDMB in Lagos.

    According to Wabote, the forum formed part of the Board’s initiative to re-energise the research and development aspect of the local content practice. He listed five key parameters for sustainable local content practice.

    He said:“There are five key parameters for sustainable local content practice.  First is an enabling regulatory framework backed with the appropriate legislation is key rather than use of directives or policies that are subject to speculations or compliance on ‘best endeavour’ basis.  In Nigeria, we have the NOGICD Act 2010 in place. It is no longer optional or debatable whether to comply. The Act established NCDMB as the sole agency for local content implementation in the oil and gas industry and has set minimum targets in 278 services across oil and gas value chain to enhance local capacity development

    “The second parameter is capacity building. Structured capacity building intervention is essential to spur domiciliation of capabilities in-country. This is not limited only to local manufacturing and infrastructural development, but also includes need for human capacity development. Our capacity building interventions in NCDMB have increased the in-country value retention from less than five per cent before the NOGICD Act to the current 26 per cent.

    “Since the Act came into effect, we have developed two world class pipe-mills and five pipeline coating plants, grown fabrication capability to over 60,000 metric tonnes per year, and we now have the capacity to carry out over 80 per cent of engineering design in-country. We have created over 30,000 direct jobs, delivered over six million training man-hours, witnessed the award of over 90 per cent of contacts to Nigerians, witnessed the growth of successful indigenous operators, put in place facility for floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) integration, among others.

    “The third parameter is gap analysis. Periodic gap analysis is essential to determine gaps that needed to be closed in the areas of skills, facilities and infrastructure. The oil and gas industry is a very dynamic one. Regular reviews of local content targets reveal where capacities have been met and where there is over-capacity to guide deployment of resources and investment decisions. Periodic internal gap analysis is also important as we have done with our internal process reviews and development of a 10-year strategic blueprint to position the Board in effective delivery of its mandate

    “The fourth parameter is the provision of funding and incentives.  Fiscal and monetary incentives are essential to attract new investments and keep existing businesses afloat where required. In partnership with Bank of Industry, we recently launched a $200 million intervention fund for our Nigerian oil and gas service providers that are contributors to the Nigerian Content Development Fund. The intervention fund has all-in single digit interest rate of eight per cent for loans extended to Nigerian oil and gas Service providers and all-in single digit interest rate of five per cent for loans extended to community contractors.

    “The last but not the least of the parameters for sustainable local content practice is Research and Development. Local content thrives where there is robust research and development (R&D) guideline to drive development of home-grown technology.”

    Wabote described R&D as the bedrock of innovation. “It is essentially an investment in technology and future capabilities, which is transformed into new products, processes and services.  History teaches us that such investment, and such commitment to discovery, lead to prosperity.”

    According to him, some countries have done very well in these two aspects of R&D.  Countries such as South Africa, China, India, United States, South Korea and Singapore, he said, are examples of countries that have developed a world-class R&D capacity. Governments in these countries directly support scientific and technical research.

    “For example, in recent years, spending on R&D has increased sharply in Brazil. R&D expenditure of Brazil increased from one per cent in 2004 to 1.2 per cent in 2013. In 2016, Brazil spent 1.4 per cent of its GDP on R&D that is about $25 billion in a year,”he said..

  • Oil cut: OPEC, others attain 116% compliance

    Oil cut: OPEC, others attain 116% compliance

    The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC partners, that agreed to cut oil production to stem supply glut, attained 116 per cent compliance last month, the highest since the implementation of the agreement in January.

    The Joint  OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) stated this at its last meeting.

    The committee said in the report of the Joint OPEC and non-OPEC Technical Committee (JTC) for August, that OPEC and participating non-OPEC producing countries recorded the highest conformity ever with their voluntary adjustments in production.

    This again underscored the commitment of participating countries to cooperating towards the rebalancing of the market. The JMMC expressed satisfaction with the results and steady progress towards full conformity with production adjustments. It encouraged the countries to continue on the path towards better conformity for the benefit of producers and consumers.

    The JMMC noted that while some participating countries have consistently performed beyond their voluntary production adjustments, others are yet to achieve 100 per cent conformity.

    Furthermore, the JMMC recommended that the JTC continue to build on the progress made at the JTC extraordinary session in Abu Dhabi on August 8, to support each participating country in its efforts towards achieving full conformity with the Declaration of Cooperation.

    The JMMC noted recent market developments and expressed confidence that the oil market was moving  towards the objectives of the Declaration of Cooperation. Recent data confirmed that global oil demand growth in 2017 is now better than expected, while for 2018, world oil demand is anticipated to be robust.

    Commercial oil stocks in the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) fell further last month, and the difference to the latest five-year average has been reduced by 168 million barrels since the beginning of this year. However, there remains another 170 million barrels of stock overhang to be depleted. Supported by the improving forward structure in the futures market, floating storage has also been on a declining trend since June.

    The JMMC will continue to monitor other factors in the oil market and their influence on ongoing market rebalancing process. Every effort will be made to rebalance the market for the benefit of all, it said.

    At its fifth meeting, which took place in Vienna, Austria, the JMMC welcomed the participation of Iraq, Libya and Nigeria, and the reaffirmation of their commitment to working closely with other countries to ensure the success of the Declaration of Cooperation.

    The President of the OPEC Conference, Khalid A. Al-Falih, minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, participated in the meeting by telephone. He expressed his solidarity with the JMMC, reiterated the commitment of Saudi Arabia to the success of the Declaration of Cooperation, and cautioned against complacency. Moreover, he reaffirmed the necessity of additional work by under-performing participating countries to bring their conformity levels to 100 per cent.  He thanked Libya and Nigeria for their positive engagement and their ongoing coordination with the participating countries in the Declaration of Cooperation.

    The JMMC was established following OPEC’s 171st Ministerial Conference Decision of November 30, 2016, and the subsequent Declaration of Cooperation made at the joint OPEC-Non-OPEC Producing Countries’ Ministerial Meeting on December 10, 2016, at which 11 (now 10) non-OPEC oil producing countries cooperated with the 13 (now 14) OPEC member countries to accelerate the stabilisation of the oil market through voluntary adjustments in total production of 1.8 million barrels per day. The Declaration came into effect on January 1, 2017, and was for six months.  It was extended for another nine months commencing July 1.

    The next JMMC meeting is scheduled for Vienna, on November 29, 2017.

  • Eunisell holds workshop on lubricant, other industrial fluids

    Eunisell holds workshop on lubricant, other industrial fluids

    Eunisell Limited, Africa’s leading fluids management company, has organized a one day technical training for lubricant customers as part of efforts to raise participants’ awareness on the lubricant market.

    The workshop was put together to give participants a better understanding of the link between the engine-design lubricant performance and knowledge of global trends in the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry.

    Currently in its 15th year, the event was held at Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, on September 22 with the theme: “Advances and Trends in Automotive, Transmission, and Industrial Fluids.”

    Speaking at the event, the Chief Executive Officer of Eunisell Limited, Ramesh Hullur, said the training was designed to help participants gain cutting-edge knowledge on trends and developments in the automotive, transmission and industrial fluids market.

    Hullur said: “This training is essential and is designed to bring together professionals who are into blending of lubricants and other petroleum and allied products in Nigeria, with a view to bringing them up to speed with industry developments and technological breakthroughs that have led to the advancement of additives and lubricants in other parts of the world.

    “The seminar creates a veritable platform to access the latest information on specialty fluids, thereby enhancing application expertise.”

    The Chief Executive Officer of Eunisell International, Iain Frazer, who was also at the event, expressed the company’s determination to ensure that Nigeria benefits from the development of the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry.

    He said: “Nigeria must not be left out of the developments in the downstream sector, this is why we carry out such training for various organisations at no cost. We have done this every year for the past 15 years, empowering participants with the requisite knowledge to guarantee the production of top quality lubricants for automobiles and industries in Nigeria.”

    Huller spoke on “Eunisell in Africa, Industrial Gear Oils and Hydraulic Oils,” while Fraser spoke on “Base Oils and Viscosity Modifiers.”

    Eunicell’s Chief Production Chemist, Franklin Oranusih, spoke on “Automotive, Gear Oils and Automatic Transmission Fluids.”

     

  • Benin DisCo to improve supply in Edo comunity

    Benin DisCo to improve supply in Edo comunity

    Residents of Usen community in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State will soon begin to enjoy improved power supply as the Benin Electricity Distribution Plc (BEDC) will soon add 7.5MVA to the existing 7.5MVA transformer installed, Edo State BEDC Chief State Head Fidelis Obishai has said.

    He spoke at the third quarter information sharing/customer forum of BEDC held across select communities in Ologbo, Ulemo and Usen areas of Edo State. He apologised to the residents of Usen community for the poor power supply to the area.

    Obishai explained that the poor supply to the community existed before BEDC came on board, stressing that replacement cost for the transformer was huge. He noted that it was due to the inadequate capacity of the 7.5MVA transformer that resulted into massive load-shedding in the community.

    He urged members of the Ologbo community under Ikpoba/Okha Local Government to form an Electricity Committee that would help fast-track issues on power supply to their area, saying that the community was not relegated by BEDC because of its strategic position as an oil producing community.

    Edo State, he said, has over 1,000 communities in BEDC, and that the company gets less than the required amount of electricity from the national grid to guarantee regular power supply to those communities and that the power supply to BEDC comes from           Transmission Company in Benin and through Oghara in Delta State. He said: “Ologbo as an oil producing community is not relegated in the scheme of things.”

    He urged residents of Ulemo community in Oredo Local Government to pay their electricity bills promptly to enable BEDC embark on faulty equipment repairs in their area and attend to other issues with prompt dispatch.

    He described Ulemo community as a peaceful and most organised out of the locations chosen for the customer engagement sessions.

    Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) Research and Advocacy Executive Director, Mr. Sunday Oduntan, told customers that massive metering of customers, though desirable, was constrained by many factors, particularly energy theft through bypass, illegal connections and load diversion.

    He urged customers to report those bypassing their meters by way of whistle blowing, saying that the prevalence of bypass, especially in Edo was militating against metering.

    ”BEDC out of the 11 DisCos has the highest metering rollout in the last three years. People must know that electricity is no longer a free commodity or service like roads, which government is expected to provide. Electricity is also not cheap as BEDC like other DisCos buys electricity from the generation end at N68 and sells at N31.50, thereby underselling its product,” he said.

    Most of the communities complained about poor supply, estimated billing, metering, faulty meters and fallen poles.

    BEDC management advised the customers to make use of BEDC’s payment channels and ensure prompt payment of their electricity bills.

  • Power generation rises to 6619mw

    Power generation rises to 6619mw

    Power, Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola has presented the power sector’s scorecard for two years. Fashola, who was in Lagos for The Guardian Power Summit and other activities in the sector, said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has recorded many successes in the sector. EMEKA UGWUANYI reports.

    The Minister of  Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has presented the Federal Government’s scorecard on the power sector for the past two years.

    He said power generation increased from 2690 megawatts (mw), which the government met in 2015, to 6619mw.

    According to him, the growth is not limited to generation, but to all other arms, such as transmission and distribution, noting that the government was focusing on the distribution arm.

    He said the growth didn’t come by chance but that it was planned. He cited the Power Sector Recovery Programme as one of such plans.

    Through the programme, he said, the government has completed the rehabilitation of the 240mw Afam Power Plant; the 10mw Katsina Wind Farm, the 29mw Dadin Kowa Hydro Plant, 30mw Gurara Hydro Plant, the 40mw Kashimbilla Hydro Power Plant, the 215mw Kaduna Plant, Zungeru’s 700mw Hydro Plant and the Mambilla 3050mw Hydro Plant, which was just approved for award. Also, the government would soon complete several transmission projects across the country, and the first phase of nine federal universities out of the 37, he said.

    Fashola delivered the keynote address at The Guardian power summit entitled: Beyond rhetoric: Turning Nigeria’s power sector value chain potentials to profit.

    At the summit, held at Four Points by Sheraton, Lagos, he said: “When the President Muhammadu Buhari Buhari-led government was inaugurated on May 29, 2015, the amount of power available on the grid on that day was 2690 megawatts (mw).  The transmission capacity was around 5000mw and was then infamously described as the weakest link. The distribution capacity existing at around 750 33/kv trading points, from where power is received by the DisCos and sent to us, was about 4000mw.

    “Clearly, the power being generated at 2690mw was not up to the transmission capacity of 5000mw and was insufficient to fully optimise the distribution capacity of 4000mw.

    “Within a few months after President Buhari’s assumption of office, power improved and we all acknowledged it. We credited it to the President’s ‘body language.’But the truth was that it had little to do with body language, and more to do with a sense of purpose that people sat up and began to do what ought to be done.

    “In addition, the rains were upon us in July  to September 2015. There was gas supply, which allowed the thermal plants to produce power. Therefore, from Hydro and Thermal sources we reached an all-time peak power production of 5,074mw before the damage to the pipelines started and we started losing power.

    “We cannot damage power and gas assets and still expect them to provide service to us. It does not make sense. Instead of rhetoric, this government set to work.Government engaged the aggrieved communities where the attacks were taking place to restore peace, repaired the damaged gas pipelines and gradually restored gas supply.

    “Government also launched an economic recovery and growth plan which made power supply one of five critical pillars, and as well launched a Power Sector Recovery Programme to work out and implement policies and actions such as constituting the regulatory commission, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC); except the chairman, now awaiting the confirmation of Senate and the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to champion solar power development and rural electricity  deployment and access.

    “Others include payment of debts to specific distribution companies (DisCos), and verification of debts to all others. Payment assurance guarantee scheme of N701 billion to give confidence to generation companies (GenCos), gas suppliers and their financiers to let them know that we mean business.

    “The government created the ‘Declaration of eligible customers, to encourage people to invest in building and expanding distribution assets, development of mini grid regulations to encourage individuals and communities to build their own mini power generation and distribution facilities, and award of contracts to complete and expand transmission facilities and building new ones across the country.”

    The minister said the policies and actions were beyond rhetorics.They are well-thought out decisions, consistent with law and informed by a diagnosis of the problems in the sector that have produced a clear set of solutions to deliver incremental power, he said.

    “The result is that as at September 4, the available power that can be put on the grid was 6619Mw, the incremental power we sought to achieve from 2069mw in 2015); the transmission capacity was simulated at 6,700mw up from 5,000mw in 2015but the distribution capacity was 4,600mw, which was what was put on the grid.On September 12, 2017, production of power reached an all-time level of 7,001mw,” he added.

    To buttress the claims, Fashola, who also spoke at the inauguration of a mobile transformer at the Eko Distribution Company at Akangba Transmission, said the figures underscored the progress made by the government. He noted the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth results released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), announcing Nigeria’s exit from recession. NBS had said: “Electricity production as well as financial services and construction also grew strongly…

    “Other sectors that did very well in the second quarter 2017 include electricity and gas and financial institutions, with electricity and gas growing by 35.5 per cent.”

    The Minister said because we produced more power, we could distribute, but this did not mean that we have enough yet. It meant that policies were working, but all the problems were not resolved, he said. ‘’We must continue the Power Sector Recovery Programme to impact the distribution end of the value chain so that we distribute and sell everything that we produce as an incentive to more power production and supply,’’ he added.

    He noted that a chunk of the power generation came from the thermal plans as output from the hydro plants, including Jebba, Kainji and Shiroro by September 4, was about 1,000 mw. He said the improvement in supply was not as a result of the rains, which boosted production from hydro plants.

    At the inauguration of the 60MVA Mobile transformers at Ajah 330/132/33kv transmission substation in Lagos, he said lack of maintenance of equipment had resulted in the shutting of many transmission substations.

    “Substations do shut down suddenly and there is no part available to replace faulty or damaged equipment, so, we need to know the regular part that frequently breaks down so that we can make provision for it,” he added.

  • ‘Nigeria can generate N5tr yearly from biogas’

    ‘Nigeria can generate N5tr yearly from biogas’

    If well harnessed, Nigeria can realise at least N4.54 trillion yearly from biogas produced from organic waste processing, the Chief Executive Officer, Avenam Links International Limited, Mrs. Nina C. Ani, has said.

    Ani said yearly agricultural, municipal, plant, sewage, green, food, and livestock wastes, among others, across the country, is estimated at 542.5 million tons and worth N4.54 trillion (or $29.29 billion).

    In a presentation on biogas as a sustainable solution to energy and waste management challenges in Nigeria, Mrs. Ani said aside the monetary value, biogas as a renewable source of energy and cooking gas has positive long-term implications on human beings and their environment unlike the traditional fossil fuels.

    In a chat with The Nation, she identified governmental policy and funding as two major challenges inhibiting the right investments in biogas production in Nigeria.

    On what will be become the lot of private waste operators and sewage waste evacuators when the system is earnestly harnessed, she said instead of driving them out of business, they (waste operators and evacuators) would be integrated into collecting wastes for processing experts, thereby preventing the acrid stench from emptying sewage waste into the sea and dumping municipal waste at refuse dump sites.

    To speed up acceptance of the system, Renewable Energy Association of Nigeria President SegunAdaju called on all payers in the sector to team up and influence government’s policy that would allow the system to thrive and encourage investment.

    The duo spoke alongside others at a seminar in Lagos tagged “Biogas production and waste management” organised under the auspices of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Lagos.

    The Managing Consultant, Naturescape Consulting, Jumoke Kassim, also called for an orientation that would make end-users to properly arrange their waste before collections for easier processing.

    Making a case for biogas production, the Energy and Environment Desk, Delegation of German Industry and Commerce, Lagos, said: “Given the energy gap and waste management challenges in Nigeria, biogas technology presents a comprehensive and sustainable waste-to-energy solution for improved productivity in industry and a safer environment.

    “Biogas is utilised worldwide to redress fluctuating energy demand, produce fertiliser, cooking gas and biofuels. It also helps to mitigate deforestation; greenhouse gas (GHG), emissions and other environmental concerns associated with non-sustainable waste disposal and management practices.”

    The seminar featured stakeholders, such as the Managing Director, Africa Renewable Energy Technology Limited, Acccra, Ghana, Theophilus Anang.

    He spoke on “Biogas Technology and Utilisation in Ghana, while Sales Representative, PlanETGmbh, Germany, Mathias Kern, made presentation on “Bioenergy Trends in Germany: Decentralised Clean Energy for Industry and Rural Development.

  • Govt urged to restore investors’ confidence in power sector

    To achieve sustainable stable power supply, the Federal Government has been urged to restore investors’ confidence in the power sector by creating an environment that will encourage investors to invest, while ensuring the safety of their investments and profitability.

    The Global Business Director, Future Energy Nigeria, Ade Yusuf, gave the advice in Lagos.

    He said the recession or paucity of funds should not deter the government from encouraging investors to come into the sector.

    According to him, Nigeria’s energy sector and economy have a bright future.

    Future Energy Nigeria is a platform for stakeholders in the power sector. Yusuf was in Nigeria to meet decision makers to discuss the way forward for the Future Energy Nigeria’s event scheduled for November.

    Yusuf, who spoke with The Nation in Lagos, said the exited recession should have motivated the government and industry operators to ensure that basic measures to stimulate economic growth were put in place, adding that reliable and affordable power supply would drive the expected growth.

    He said the Nigerian Power Sector Recovery Programme was an important message to the world  that there would be significant improvement in power, and the achievement of the desired economic change with a more diversified and inclusive economy.

    According to him, sustainability of recovery programmes creates an important foundation to showcase the enormous business and investment opportunities that the sector provides.

    He said: “I am excited about Nigeria’s energy future. Future Energy Nigeria initiative wants to boost government’s drive to achieve sustainable energy security for the populace. We all know that there is a lot of work to do. We have to restore investor confidence, showcase the myriad of opportunities in the sector; from gas to renewable, from generation to distribution and from building projects to providing specialised services, but there is need for us as stakeholders including the government to stand together and make it happen.”

    Formerly West African Power Industry Convention (WAPIC), Future Energy Nigeria is supported by the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Transmission Company of Nigeria, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, Distribution Companies and prominent generation companies, among others.

  • Petroleum Ministry’s maiden oil, gas trade show coming

    Petroleum Ministry’s maiden oil, gas trade show coming

    The Ministry of Petroleum Resources will assemble upstream, mid-stream and downstream oil and gas experts from around the world for its inaugural Nigeria International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) scheduled for next February, at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja.

    According to the summit’s Project Director, James Shindi, this will be the biggest technical and strategic business conference in the petroleum sector in Africa, as it will present best practices and emerging technologies to engineers, scientists, the academia, managers and executives.

    The conference will exhibit companies that would feature the latest products and services.

    ‘’Industry professionals and companies know the value and return on investment of meeting and networking at gathering such as this, where the world will meet Nigeria oil and gas.  Simply put, this event will explore innovations and technologies covering all things upstream, mid-stream and downstream,’’ the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, said.

    This will be reinforced through the attendance of  key political leaders, government officials and industry’s specialists from the National Oil Company(NOC) and other relevant government bodies and chief executive officers (CEOs) of National and international oil companies, multinationals and multilateral organisations, the academia and other relevant stakeholders, among others.

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo launched the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit 2018 in the presence of 19 African Ministers of Petroleum and delegates who attended the African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) meeting in Abuja.

  • Mining is long-term investment, PwC chief tells investors

    PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has advised investors in the mining sector not to expect returns on investments quickly as the life cycle in any mining is always long.

    Its Director, Mr. Cyril Azobu, said looking at the entire value chain of the industry, the development period is long, adding that exploration, which is the most risky part of the value chain, takes quite a long time.

    Listing the challenges that face investors in the sector, he said it takes over five years to do exploration, after which the investor would begin to develop the area by building plants that will carry out the operations and do some level of processing.

    Azobu told The Nation in Lagos that even after processing, the investor needs to have export channels, adding that what is produced would still be subject to global commodity pricing.

    He also said there were also shocks that could affect pricing globally, so returns on investment will not be expected soon on investments in mining sector.

    He urged the government to speed up the implementation of last year’s mining roadmap as it clearly articulates the government’s aspirations and expectations from the sector.

    According to him, the roadmap  determines particular strategy needed to be deployed to achieving the mining sector objectives as it looks at across a chain, from institution building to stakeholder management, funding, and management of players in the sector and the whole range of things that are needed.

    “The roadmap articulated how we intended to grow the sector, which is actually different from the one in 2012, which was very ambitious. We wanted to grow the sector by 10 per cent by 2020 and we are still hovering around five per cent. Perhaps, we are putting the cart before the horse. You can’t just have such growth objective without having a clear strategy on how you intend to get it done.

    “It is one thing to have a roadmap and another to implement that roadmap, that’s the reason I’m saying that there could be bit more work to be done, and there could be more action to be taken to make the implementation faster. To get this done, it is not just government’s action, the private sector must be carried along. In fact, it should be private sector driven,” he said.

    Azobu said there is a mining implementation and strategy brief in the roadmap. He also said a team has been constituted and its responsibility is to have a  clear implementation plan on who takes what responsibility.