Dangote Refinery, PTI partner on human capital development
Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals and the
Petroleum Training Institute, (PTI) Efunrun are to partner together in the area
of human capital development and professional certification given the group’s
foray into oil and gas business. Dangote Group Executive Director, Stakeholder
Management and Corporate Communication, Engr. Mansur Ahmed, who led Dangote
Group management to receive the management of the Institute when it paid a
courtesy call on the Company said the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals would
be more than ready to partner the PTI in the critical area of skill acquisition
and human capital development. He stated that the PTI is in vantage position to
provide trainings that are otherwise sought abroad and that with the economic
situation in the country, PTI should the leading light in training of personnel
in oil and gas sector. Engr. Ahmed then advised the Institute Management to
build a framework that will show the contents of its training modules and how
they match specific needs of organizations in the sector. He tasked the
Institute to come with a proposal that can lead to the formalization of the
partnership between the Group and the Institute while also urging them to take
facility tour of the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals currently under
construction so as have insight into the areas of immediate training the
company would require. Speaking earlier, the Principal of the Institute,
Professor Sunny Iyuke expressed delight that the Institute management has been
able to link up with the Group eventually saying he was optimistic that the
partnership would be beneficial to both parties. He explained efforts being
made by the new management of the institute headed by him to redirect the
institute saying it has undergone several changes in the last few months all in
efforts to reposition it to be relevant in discharge of its duties in the light
of the modern day technology. Prof. Iyuke made bold to say that the PTI has
some of the best facilities for training in the oil and gas sector in the world
and that the management was striving to ensure the facilities are deploy
appropriately so that the institute would take its pride of place in the
sector. He also expressed the confidence that the facilities at PTI would be of
immense benefit to Dangote refinery given its unique size and scope of
production and that the training and certification that the Institute would
provide would be global standard. Stressing the reason why the current
management moved to reposition the Institute, Prof Iyuke lamented that it was
embarrassing that over five decades after the discovery of oil in Nigeria, the
country is still importing oil. Describing the situation as saddening
unacceptable, he explained that PTI would need to double up and take the lead
in human capital development in the oil and gas industry noting that with the
local content policy of the government, the Institute has much work to do. The
institute listed areas of training where Dangote Refinery could benefit from as
Refining process; Process control; Plant Utilities; Pipeline maintenance;
Catalyst and Catalysis; Corrosion and Corrosion control; Water and Waste Water
Management; Power plant and a host of other spheres.
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