NNPC primed to go paperless soon, says Baru

NNPC primed to go paperless soon, says Baru

- The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is poised to eliminate the use of paper in its operations soon

- A paperless going concern is usually achievable through conversion of documents and other papers into digital form

- According to NNPC GMD, Baru, a new re-delivery project to address the existing SAP challenges has been commissioned

The NNPC is poised to go paperless in its operations within the shortest possible time. This was disclosed by the NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru on Monday, March 19, in Abuja.

Baru made the comment during the inauguration of two committees: The Systems Applications and Products (SAP) Steering Committee (SC) and Group Process Council (GPC).

According to him, the committees would be responsible for a holistic implementation of SAP and replace enterprise resource planning which would serve as enablers for the achievement of the corporation’s success.

Dr. Baru said SAP was the platform for driving the transformation agenda of NNPC and the 12 Business Focus Areas (BUFA).

NNPC primed to go paperless soon, says Baru
NNPC GMD, Dr Maikanti Baru and other senior officials at the event. Photo credit: NNPC

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He stated that the platform had the potential to significantly influence the corporation’s ability to compete, operate effectively and create value.

“We have commissioned a new re-delivery project to address the existing SAP challenges we are facing, we are implementing new solutions to manage some of our existing processes not currently on SAP.

“It will also enable us obtain value from our investments in SAP and provide a working environment where our strategic focus areas are managed in an efficient and effective manner,” Dr. Baru stated.

He declared that the Project Steering Committee would be responsible for the overall success of the project and would provide oversight on management of project issues and risks, approve strategic decisions on SAP, ensure such decisions align with the strategic objectives of NNPC, and most importantly, act as SAP ambassadors across the NNPC group to ensure business commitment and ownership of processes deployed on the platform.

The NNPC GMD added that the Group Process Council was accountable for ensuring that processes are optimized and end-to-end assessment of processes are carried out before implementation on SAP.

He charged members of the two committees to firmly establish SAP as the single source of truth for the corporation’s business transactions, stressing that as leaders at various levels, they should take ownership of the process areas, and drive User Adoption of SAP Solutions in those process areas.

“Let us all be change agents in this journey, drive user adoption, and also see ourselves as leaders committed to setting the right tone for SAP in order to embed excellence and transparency in our operations,” Dr. Baru enjoined.

Members of the two committees were drawn from all the seven autonomous business units and all the strategic business units of the NNPC.

Meanwhile, the NNPC and the Kogi state government have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of a fuel-ethanol processing plant that would produce 84 million litres of bio-fuel per year.

Speaking during the signing of the MoU on Monday, February 27, in Abuja, Dr Baru said the project would yield a cane mill and a raw and refined sugar plant of 126,000 tonnes annually.

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He stated that the Bagasse co-generation plant would also generate 64 megawatts of power, stressing that the plant would include a carbon dioxide recovery and bottling plant with capacity of 2,000 tonnes per year.

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