NIPCO BOSS ASSURES
WORKERS OF SAFE ENVIRONMENT
The Managing Director of Nipco plc, a key downstream
player in the oil and gas industry, Mr Girish Sanadhya
has assured all categories of staff in the company of a
safe and conducive working environment in line with the
approved safety standards in the industry.
Mr Sanadhya made the pledge in a goodwill message to the
2day workshop on Health, Safety and Environment held at
the newly commissioned training centre within its ultra
modern terminal at Apapa, Lagos State.
The event, which was the brainchild of the Human
Resource Department of the organization in collaboration
with the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), attracted
several personalities including industry regulators and
other stakeholders.
The workshop which had 25 participants drawn from all
the departments in the organization is also in part
fulfillment of the standard safety guidelines approved
by the regulatory authorities in the oil and gas
industry with special emphasis on the downstream sector
and witnessed the presentation of several papers and
practical demonstration of the awful effects of fire in
the oil industry.
Mr Sanadhya asserted that management is quite aware of
the hazards in the industry and would always be in the
forefront of preferring measures that would mitigate the
effects on its employees.
‘The challenges in the oil and gas industry is very
daunting especially as it relates to lives and
properties either at point of receipt or loading of
petroleum products and that management is equal to the
task in averting any unfortunate situation’, the MD
asserted..
He noted that for employees to be able to put in their
best in the assigned duties, it is imperative that a
safe and conducive environment is guaranteed as this
will impact positively on the overall operations in the
terminal.
Mr Sanadhya stressed that Management is fully ready to
stand up to its responsibility and ensure that
occupational health problems are reduced or averted
completely.
The MD pointed out that as part of the company’s health,
safety and Environment (HSE) policy, all staff are to be
routinely exposed to training programmes that will boost
their level of their safety consciousness at all times.
He explained that safety is everybody business adding
that this explains why no member of staff is excluded in
the overall safety plain/process in the terminal.
The MD stated that as part of the safety policy of the
company, staffs have been enjoined to improve on their
safety records with a view to averting loss in the
organization.
To him “the effect of fire or any hazard in the oil
industry is always far-reaching and of high magnitude
which every operator in the sector never bargain for’.
This, he noted explains why every worker has to be an
ambassador of safety and imbibe a safety culture that
could stand the task of time.
In his remark, the Manager fire and safety Mr Vitalis
Ofoegbu said safety tit bit are always inculcated in all
categories of the workforce on a daily basis to confirm
the assertion that safety is everybody business.
The representative of the ITF who coordinated the event
Mrs. Mary Katugwa told the participant that learning new
things about the HSE doctrine will further empower them
not only in their different homes adding that it is
indeed an investment that must be justified.
She enjoined the participants to always see NIPCO job as
theirs and whatever sacrifice needed for its continued
growth in the oil and gas industry should be properly
emphasized and adhered to.
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