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HehintedthatthecreationofACTUsinMDAs has helped to educate and enlighten civil and public servants about the ills of corruption, while also empowering them by creating a channel for whistleblowing on report corrupt practices.
”ACTU will help to further deepen our level of compliance and conformity with the laid down ethical standards of transparency and accountability among others,” he said.
He noted that ACTU was established to serve as an institutional ethics and anti-corruption instrument that will operate as an autonomous body and help in the fight against corruption and corrupt practices across MDAs.
“I am aware that the fight against corruption is not a sprint, rather, it is one that will need to be pushed with constant vigor and unwavering determination for its benefit to be realised,” he added.
The NCDMB boss urged management and staff of the Board to give their full support to the ACTU as they execute their assigned tasks of preventing corruption at the Board and assured the members of his total support and that of top management to enable them carry out their duties without inhibitions.
In his remarks, the Chairman of ICPC, repre- sented by the Resident Anti-Corruption Com- missioner for River State, Ekere Usiere explained that the main duties of ACTU are to undertake system study and review of corrupt prone pro- cesses and procedures and educate and enlighten staff on and against corruption. The unit is also expected to undertake preliminary investiga- tions where petitions are received and to develop a code of ethics for compliance by staff, among other functions.
She further implored the newly inducted members not to use their position to witch-hunt or victimise anyone but to work closely with management and staff to entrench a culture of discipline and accountability.
In his comments, the outgoing chairman, ACTU and the General Manager of Corpo- rate Communications and Zonal Coordina- tion Division, Dr. Ginah O. Ginah thanked the
managementandstaffoftheBoardfortheirsup- port and challenged the new inductees to deliver on the job effectively.
The new ACTU chairman and the Director, Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate, Mr. Akintunde Adelana, assured that his team will work extensively in ensuring full compliance in the Board.
Other newly inducted ACTU committee members include Suleiman Ozimede, Fateemah Mohammed, Seleke-Ere Owoupele, Dr. Ade- mola Kaka and Ilu Ozekhome.
NCDMB, August 7 2022
Suspected jihadists
again attack gas-rich
Mozambique province
Suspected jihadists have once again attacked villages in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province of northern Mozambique, killing at least three people.
Local media sat armed men raided villages and torched homes in the districts of Muidumbe and Mocímboa da Praia province over the week- end. Many residents were forced to flee to nearby villages just weeks after having returned to their homesteads after previous attacks.
Mozambique has an estimated 180 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves. The bulk of it has so far been discovered in the Rovuma Basin offshore Cabo Delgado, one of the coun- try’s most volatile regions. An intense conflict began in the region in October 2017, which has resulted in some 800,000 people fleeing from their homes.
A consortium led by Eni (Italy) has started loading gas at its floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility in the area. It is set to start send- ing cargoes to the sole off-taker, BP, by the end of August.
Southern African leaders in mid-July extended the mandate of a regional force they had deployed in Mozambique in 2021 to help local troops fight against Islamist insurgents north of that country.
The recent attacks in Muidumbe and Mocím- boa da Praia occurred despite the heavy deploy- ment of government soldiers in the area, backed by troops from Rwanda and the regional bloc Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Insurgents have demanded greater regional autonomy and economic benefits from natural resources that abound in the region. Flashpoints of violence have shifted geographically, and people have begun to return to places that were previously under attack or under the control of non-state armed groups.
bna/IntelliNews, August 8 2022
PROJECTS & COMPANIES
UOG discovers crude oil at Al Jahraa-14 development well in Abu Sennan licence area in Egypt
The Al Jahraa-14 development well in the Abu Sennan licence in Egypt, where United Oil & Gas (UOG) has 22% working interest operated by Kuwait Energy Egypt, has encountered seven metres of net oil pay in the Primary Abu Roash C (ARC) reservoir.
The AJ-14 development well was primarily drilled to intersect the ARC reservoir, targeting reserves from an undrained area of the Al Jahraa Field identified from reservoir and simulation modelling work. The well safely reached total depth of 3,619 metres ahead of schedule and under budget.
Both the primary and secondary targets of the well are now planned to be tested and com- pleted. If the testing is successful from either target, the well will be brought immediately on stream through the existing facilities, adding additional production and revenue for UOG. bna/IntelliNews, August 5 2022
Petrofac, Genie Civil
secure $300mn contract
for Algeria’s Tinrhert
natural gas facility
A consortium led by Petrofac and Genie Civil et Batiment (GCB) has secured a deal worth $300mn to perform engineering, procurement and construction for Algeria’s Tinrhert EPC2 natural gas development project, according to a statement by Petrofac on Thursday, August 4.
The contract, signed with Algeria’s oil utility Sonatrach, is still provisional.
Petrofac’s share in the EPC2 contract is worth about $200mn.
The project is located in Alrar, about 1,500 km south-east of Algiers. The consortium will work to boost natural gas production and pro- cessing and remove carbon from the field’s gas reserves.
In 2018, Petrofac secured the Tinrhert EPC1 contract, and was tasked with providing sepa- ration and decarbonisation facilities as well as commissioning, start-up and performance test- ing. This project recently witnessed a safe intro- duction of the first hydrocarbons for the start-up of production, Petrofac said.
bna/IntelliNews, August 5 2022
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