Nigeria's state oil firm is going paperless in its operations

Dr Baru stated this in Abuja on Monday, March 19, 2018, while inaugurating two committees: The Systems Applications and Products (SAP) Steering Committee (SC) and Group Process Council (GPC).

He said the committees would be responsible for a holistic implementation of SAP and emplace enterprise resource planning which would serve as enablers for the achievement of the corporation’s success.

A paperless going concern represents a work environment wherein the use of paper is eliminated or greatly reduced. This is usually achieved through conversion of documents and other papers into digital form.

Dr Baru said SAP was the platform for driving the transformation agenda of NNPC and the 12 Business Focus Areas (BUFA) which include: Ensuring Security of the Industry assets, Developing New Business Models, Providing viable alternative funding to JV Cash Calls, Increasing the nation’s Production & Reserves base and Growing NPDC oil and gas production. Others are Effecting Refinery Upgrade & Expansion, Embarking on Renewable Energy Drive & Frontier Exploration, Rehabilitating the nation’s Oil & Gas Infrastructure, Strengthening NNPC Ventures & Common Services, Enhancing Staff Professionalism & Accountability as well as their Welfare.

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 to 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,” the NNPC Boss 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 Group Process Council, on the other hand, was accountable for ensuring that processes are optimized and end-to-end assessment of processes are carried out before implementation on SAP.

Over the weekend, the NNPC GMD, Dr Baru said the state oil firm would not relent in its quest to get the nation’s four refineries back to their optimal, nameplate capacities.

He said it was part of the ongoing reforms in the NNPC, the corporation had been holding far-reaching discussions with some consortia to get the best funding options towards the refineries’ overhaul.