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FREE ZONE VISITS INTRODUCING THE LADOL INTEGRATED LOGISTICS ENTERPRISE

INTRODUCING LILE (pronounced “lily”) By Efe Obaigbena LADOL Integrated Logistics delivering services to multiple companies Enterprise, LiLE, is a fully integrated through a single set of new modern offshore logistics support and ship repair specialised facilities – rather than a PHOTO: CLEMENT OGOH PHOTO: company. LiLE’s streamlined business bloated expensive set-up, in which each Hadiza Bala-Usman, NPA model is based on years of studying the company and service provider builds, Managing Director of the NPA, Ms. Hadiza best practices of leading international operates and charges for their own Bala-Usman, congratulated LADOL during offshore support bases. This data was facilities – leading to expensive the NPA’s management team tour of the Free Zone. used to design and build LiLE’s offshore overcapacity, some of which is obsolete. base in Nigeria, creating a fully integrated Secondly, LiLE is deploying a state-of facility, with the best technology in the -the-art IT backbone – this will ensure SADIQ - world. efficiency, quality and transparency, and LiLE’s approach to logistics support is minimise our clients’ overheads in unique in Nigeria – the company’s aim is Nigeria.

MAËVASABOT to at least halve the cost of offshore LiLE’s billing strategy is also support in Nigeria. This will double the streamlined – offering clients fully PHOTO: PHOTO: return on investment and attract billions integrated 24/7 support through one British Trade Envoy & MP of dollars of new private investment into billing system. Member of UK Parliament Trade Envoy to the country. These cost savings are The Nigerian Content Act has Nigeria, John Howell, pledged to encourage literally built into the company’s increased Nigerian participation in the UK companies in its oil and gas sector to foundations, first through the country’s oil and gas industry, however, partner and work with LADOL, in order to development of specialised facilities and LiLE’s investors and management believe facilitate trade between Nigeria and the UK. He also promised to bring UK expertise to this infrastructure. This alleviates that to realise local content we need long country. International Oil Companies (IOC) and -term local investment by Nigerians in the their service providers from the need to private sector. This ensures that spend capex building their own facilities. companies like LiLE add value to their All that companies need in order to utilise clients from day one, making it attractive LiLE’s services is a briefcase and service for foreign companies to operate here request form. LiLE provides all the and possible for local companies to enter facilities in the Offshore Logistics Base, the market and thrive. from the mud plant to the furnished and LiLE’s facility is inside LADOL Free PHOTO: CLEMENT OGOH PHOTO: serviced offices and accommodation. This Zone – please contact us and come on a Chairman, PETAN dramatically and permanently cuts costs, tour . Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria as the base itself is a streamlined engine Chairman, Bank Anthony Okoroafor, toured the LADOL Free Zone, as both organisations work towards the development and growth of more indigenous companies in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.

PHOTO: EFE OBAIGBENA EFE PHOTO: Nick Hurd, UK MP “The logistics base in Lagos is a powerful example of what the Nigerian private sector can deliver” said UK Minister for International Development, Nick Hurd, when he toured the LADOL Free Zone during his first official visit PRODUCTIONS JAYBROTHERS PHOTO: LiLE enterprise at the LADOL Free Zone to Nigeria. CONTINUES ON PAGE 8 1 | P a g e The Observer | LADOL Newsletter Issue 2

ENTERPRISE FEATURE: TOTAL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION NIGERIA LIMITED Egina Project: a new threshold for Nigerian Content Ahmadu-Kida Musa,Deputy Managing Director, Deepwater, at Total E&P Nigeria Limited, is a humble Borno State native who has made a name for himself in the industry over the past three decades. Initially torn between playing in the National Basketball Association and working as an engineer for Total (formally Elf), he explains the value of being a hard-working team player; how he's brought the 'game' to the oil fields; and why the biggest project to ever come to Nigeria is making waves. Musa spoke to LADOL's Marketing Officer, Efe Obaigbena, about his current work at the LADOL Free Zone

Efe Obaigbena: Can you please tell us a bit accordance with Nigerian Content Act, there capacity and capability; and our belief that if about yourself and how you got to your has to be a local partner. This was the LADOL we didn't do it, then the oil industry itself current position Free Zone (LFZ), and that's how we came would have failed here. If we had followed the Ahmadu-Kida Musa: I was recruited from together. At the time we did the call for tender, tide and not done anything, there wouldn't Ahmadu Bello University during a 'Campus we knew that it was going to be very ambitious have been any such project in this country. Recruitment Drive' programme by Elf in Rivers in terms of Nigerian content and whether it Fast forward to the present and everybody has State in 1985. My career today is the result of really would be feasible to do it the way we forgotten just how hard LFZ and SHI worked more than 30 years of hard work. I always do planned, especially with the LFZ. If you to put that fabrication yard up. And of course, the best that I can; and I believe that this has remember, LFZ before Egina was the logistics Egina itself is still the biggest project here, or helped propel me to wherever I wish to be in base that you have there, with the 200-metre rather is the project that has the highest local life. I would also say that my success is due to quay and the LFZ hotel, and really not much content ever in Nigeria, and Total is proud of the support that I have from my team. I'm a else. So, when Total proposed to do the this on many fronts. great believer in teamwork. There used to be a integration of the modules in LFZ and in time when working in our industry was very Nigeria, everybody thought we were crazy, EO: What are your general views on the macho, where everybody saw themselves as a they could not see how such a facility could be Nigerian Content Act and how do you general in the army, with people who followed built in just three years, and we knew the believe local content can benefit the a chain of command, but I've always been critical part was going to be with the Nigerian Nigerian economy? someone who works in a matrix form - no big, content side. Experience dictates that you AKM: It's a very important subject going no small, everyone on the team is doing their would need at least seven to eight years forward for the country as the Nigerian job because it's important. planning before you can get to somewhere Content Act covers everything from oil close to what we now have here in the LFZ. services, engineering, design, construction, EO: What do you love the most about your Also, the whole contracting process took place capacity building for Nigerians, to the job? at a time the Nigerian Oil & Gas Industry was expatriate quota; in an effort to Nigerianise in AKM: Firstly, my team. I love the kind of swirling in uncertainty as it awaited the a sustainable way, as fast as possible. This, ambience that we have together. I feel that I conclusion of a new executive legislation however, has put a premium on work in could almost work forever because of the kind called the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Due to Nigeria, which sometimes is very expensive. of people I am surrounded with. It takes effort uncertainty about the fiscal terms of the bill The die is cast; we're not there yet as the law to create that kind of ambience, and I am and how it would the return on present requires, however, it will take time, as is the proud of what we have done, in terms of and future Investments, other operators in the case with most protectionist directives. I do working together and the competence and industry decided to suspend further think that the Nigerian Content Act has quality of the team that I have. Secondly, I love investments in the country pending the enabled Nigerians to develop themselves to the challenges of the trade. Every day is passage of the proposed bill. However, Total an extent where they are beginning to be different due to the nature of the work. It's like decided to go ahead with Egina, and a lot of competitive. Egina has set a new threshold for eating different types of pepper, they may our contemporaries thought we were crazy, projects, especially deep-water projects, in Nigeria in terms of local content. It means that have the same colour, but some are more but it was only because of our belief in the work which previously would have gone peppery than others, which makes it very long-term; our belief in Nigerians; their interesting. Lastly, I believe in human abroad can now be done in the SHI-MCI development and capacity building.; What

really gives me great pleasure is to see people working together and excelling.

EO: Can you tell our readers about your NIGERIA L IMITED current project, the Egina Project?

AKM: When the Egina project was first E& P conceptualised, it was considered to be an extremely bold project, bold technologically TOTAL OF and very challenging. The Egina FID was taken around the advent of the Nigerian Content Act, which stipulates work which can be done in-country, thus putting a lot of emphasis on 2013—COURTESY Nigerians and Nigerian competence. Egina was unprecedented — nothing like it had been attempted here before. What we sold to Nigeria Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the government was our TECHNIQUES-EFFECTS plan for integration in Nigeria. Samsung ©

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NIGERIA E&P TOTAL PHOTO: AHMADU-KIDA MUSAAHMADU-KIDA PHOTO: OF Ahmadu-Kida Musa with Hakeem Olajuwon at the NBA All-stars Game, February 2013 COURTESY EO: You obviously have a very busy work PHOTO: JAYBROTHERS PRODUCTIONS JAYBROTHERS PHOTO: PHOTO: life; how do you relax? Ahmadu-Kida Musa, Total E&P, Egina modules at the SHI-MCI Fabricaon yard on AKM: I jog two or three times a week, about Deepwater Deputy Managing Director the LADOL Free Zone nine or 10km. I do it for my health and just to clear my head. I jog at unholy hours, as it fabrication yard on the LFZ. My hope is that we definitely fizzle out. But those that are very depends on when I finish for the day, so I go will develop the skills of Nigerian within the versatile and are able to reduce their costs are even if it's at 11 o'clock at night! Aside from context of the Nigerian Content Act to such an the ones who are able to survive the tough that, I love my kids and I love my wife very times. The ones that manage to cut extent that they can go out and compete in the much, she's the greatest gift I have. I am still production costs, try to develop their people, world. That would be real proof of the success passionate about basketball, this is the only of Nigerian Content for me. try to enhance their capacity, will normally threat my wife has, my love for basketball. I weather the storm, hoping that things will don't play anymore, but basketball is what EO: What opportunities do you think the LFZ rebound. A lot of us have survived by scraping has made me who I am today. It's a team has brought to Nigeria, and what are your by and getting to the bone of what is just good sport, it's not about one person, LeBron views on the future of the LADOL Free Zone enough for us to be able to produce. The for the oil and gas industry? benefit of this is that it has made us very James cannot win the title all by himself, right? He needs his team-mates. I did play at AKM: To be frank, I don't think that LADOL conscious of spending and trying to be very high levels, I played for my university, I understands the extent of their achievement. I profitable at the same time. I think that we do see them waking up to the realisation of have bottomed out now and we want to keep played for the national team, and almost what Egina is really doing there and what it the cost of service at the same level. By doing went to the NBA. In fact, Hakeem Olajuwon represents in terms of how ground-breaking it this, when prices fluctuate again in the future, and I share a continental medal. is. This is the first time in Africa that this kind of we will not have to make all these cuts again, I had to taper off basketball when I thing has been done, and with the number of but will have a stable environment. started with Elf as my father wouldn't allow modules, and the weight of the modules me to continue as a sports professional, “You EO: Since your appointment to your current involved, it is unprecedented and there's no go to school to study engineering and now position, what has been the most competition. Today, because of LADOL, there's you want to play sport? What's wrong with challenging task that you have faced, and a fabrication yard in Africa that's capable of you?!”. So, I went into sports administration how did you go about resolving this integrating such modules, and capable of challenge? in my free time and for the past 20 years I've furnishing services to the whole of West Africa, been the Rivers State Basketball Association AKM: The most challenging task was how to or the Gulf of Guinea, and I think LADOL can Chairman. For the past 12 years, I've also afford to be a bit more bullish in their business adapt to my new role. As I grew within the organisation, I suddenly saw my friends within been the representative of the Nigerian development than they are currently. So, going Basketball Federation for the South-South, forward, I think the SHI partnership should be the company becoming strangers to me, and it and about three years ago, I became the cherished and in a more constructive way, and I was something that I found very difficult to v i c e - p r e s i d e n t o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l would tell SHI the same thing. By this, the accept. At the beginning, people would not Basketball Federation (FIBA) Africa Zone benefit both parties can get from such a even come into the lift with me, so when the partnership is amplified exponentially with doors opened and no one came in, I would Three. I also have the AMK Foundation, its huge potential. Can you imagine another FPSO jump out and say “Okay, we will stay here”. My mission is to help the development of young like Egina being launched? There's only one job has a huge title, but it shouldn't change the people and we give them the chance to yard in the country, it's the yard in the LFZ. way I relate to my colleagues. I had to be progress and express themselves via sports, conscious of all the little things that are an a s we l l a s b u i l d i n g s c h o o l s , g i v i n g EO: Do you believe the current oil price important part of being human, including not scholarships all over the world, and through environment poses a threat to the oil and gas getting carried away with the rank or office, it's the meagre resources that we have, helping industry in general and the indigenous important to keep yourself grounded. That's the youth across the country, particularly the most challenging task I've had to deal with. Nigerian companies operating in the internally displaced people. It's something I industry? EO: What advice do you have for the youth am passionate about. I see our youth wasting AKM: The crash of the price of oil will mean a of Nigeria? away, so our engagement with them is to try loss of revenue for some. However, others will AKM: Don't lose hope, be patient, work hard and give them hope that tomorrow will have the ability to benefit from a bad situation. and you will succeed. definitely be better. Those who cannot reduce their production costs are in for very difficult days ahead and will

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Deep Offshore Logiscs & Vessel Repairs Streamlined Operaons

4 | P a g e The Observer | LADOL Newsletter Issue 2 CASE STUDY: FASL PROJECT LADOL & FOLAWIYO AJE SERVICES LTD. TRANSFORM THE FACE OF OIL & GAS IN NIGERIA • For the first time in Nigeria, a 100% indigenous oil & gas block is supported by a 100% indigenous logistics base Folawiyo Aje Services Limited (FASL) is an indigenous Nigerian company that has developed and operates Oil Mining Lease (OML) 113, which is in the Aje field. The Aje field was discovered in 1997 and is located 24 kilometres offshore from Lagos. The field is being developed in a joint venture with Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum (YFP), an operator with 25 per cent interest in the field. Other partners include Vitol, 24.05 per cent; First Hydrocarbons Nigeria Ltd (FHN), 16.875 per cent; Energy Equity Resources Ltd (EER), 16.875 per cent; Panoro Energy 12.19 per cent, and Jacka Resources Ltd., 5 per cent. The Aje field development is of great significance because its discovery means that Lagos is now an oil-producing state. The production well is connected by subsea manifold and flowlines to Rubicon Offshore International’s floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Front Puffin, which produced oil from Puffin field in the Timor Sea. The Front Puffin FPSO was inaugurated in PANOROENERGY PHOTO: March 2016. It has a daily production Aje Oil Field capacity of 40,000 barrels and storage contributed to the success of Aje’s first Once the installation contract was capacity of 750,000 barrels. discovery of oil on the 4th May, 2016. completed, LiLE was awarded the drilling LADOL Integrated Logistics Throughout the duration of the installation and production support contract as well. Enterprise (LiLE) operates the only project from October 2015 to March 2016, At least 40 logistics personnel were purpose-built fully integrated logistics 24/7 equipment was available at short notice, involved in delivering the support services support base in Nigeria. LiLE’s facilities 100 per cent HSE compliance was to FASL. LiLE leveraged its capability to were fully utilised by FASL for the achieved, and zero loss of time incidents mobilise all the specialised plant and installation of the Front Puffin FPSO, and (LTIs) were recorded, thanks to the equipment required by the client. The its comprehensive support services performance of the expert LiLE team. cargo vessels MV Industrial Chief and MV Panagia delivered over 9,300 freight tons of FASL equipment to LADOL Free Zone (LFZ). The LiLE team facilitated the installation of the subsea mooring system and production/gas lift flowlines, suction pile and manifold, as well as the anchor, buoy and chain bundles for the FPSO. FASL and LiLE worked successfully in partnership to complete the installation contract on time. LiLE is now providing

complete production support as well. This

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PHOTO: PHOTO: LiLE team night-time operations loading out suction pile and subsea installation equipment on to the For more information contact: Normand Vision installation vessel [email protected] 5 | P a g e The Observer | LADOL Newsletter Issue 2 LADOL NEWS: SUSTAINABILITY THE BUSINESS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION By Efe Obaigbena LADOL is wholly committed to helping term career development, and facilitating corporate practices, providing the necessary to build a more inclusive and sustainable knowledge transfer from multinational tools companies require in order to succeed global economy. As an indigenous Nigerian companies to local operators. under a new paradigm based on a company with an international reach, LADOL In line with its vision and mission, sustainable, inclusive global economy. has aligned company values to focus on areas LADOL is proud to partner both the Business LADOL has integrated the UN Sustainable where we can make a real difference – and Sustainable Development Commission Development Goals (SDGs) into its business creating opportunities for Nigerians to thrive (BSDC) to promote business practices that practices. at home, raising awareness of the facilitate inclusive, sustainable economic LADOL’s MD, Dr. Amy Jadesimi, is one employment challenges young people face growth, and the Prince’s Trust International of the 35 Commissioners selected to join the worldwide and promoting sustainable to support youth empowerment. Commission and the sole representative business practices. The BSDC was launched by Lord Mark from Nigeria. By working shoulder to To achieve our goals, LADOL is Malloch-Brown at the World Economic shoulder with the other CEOs on the investing in human capital development, Forum in January 2016. He is a former Commission, Dr. Jadesimi aims to help infrastructure and technology to support the Deputy Secretary General of the United ensure that the global private sector invests sustainable industrialisation of Nigeria. Nations and is also a LADOL Advisory Board in achieving the SDGs in order to create LADOL is currently focused on creating more member. The BSDC brings together business mutual global prosperity and increase global jobs, providing a training academy for long- leaders from all over the world to share best GDP by USD 12 trillion by the year 2030.

IN THE MEDIA Ambition Magazine Editor David Woods speaks with Dr. Amy Jadesimi for the Ambition interview series in which Dr. Jadesimi discusses her leadership journey, and the challenges and opportunities of building business strategies in turbulent times.

BBC In BBC’s Africa Business Report, correspondent, , focuses on Nigeria’s desperate drive to diversify. In the programme, Mbele visits LADOL and sees how its facilities are changing the way multinational oil and gas companies do business in Nigeria. Management Today Dr. Amy Jadesimi shared her views on Brexit from abroad in Management Today last September along with Tom Fletcher, Former British Ambassador to Lebanon; Kai Peters, Chief Academic Officer at Hult International Business School; Laurence Parisot, CEO of French Institute of Public Opinion, and Board of Directors of BNP and EDF; and Bob Collymore, CEO of Safaricom.

Petroleum Review Dr. Amy Jadesimi outlines the challenges facing Nigeria and the rest of Africa, in regards to training and apprenticeships. Dr. Jadesimi’s contribution looks into building local content; what is being done domestically to remedy the nation’s current issues, as well as what still needs to be done.

THISDAY THISDAY Newspaper’s 50 Topnotch Professionals in Nigeria feature put a special focus on LADOL’s Executive Director of Business Development, Mr. Jide Jadesimi, as a leading professional who has formulated good policies within various organisations, which are essential ingredients for growth objectives. Vanguard LADOL Executive Director, Ibrahim Aliyu, explained why LADOL chose Lagos as a location rather than the Niger Delta, in an in-depth interview featured in the Vanguard Newspaper. He discussed the benefits of bringing LADOL to Lagos, highlighting development and providing more opportunities within the region, as well as increasing local demand. He also pointed out that Nigeria will benefit from having capabilities spread across the nation, which will promote growth while leveraging from all regions and all strengths, in light of keeping Nigeria together.

Vanguard’s Onome Amawhe features his ‘Meet The Boss’ one-on-one interview with Dr. Amy Jadesimi in which she highlights LADOL’s goal of building capacity in Nigeria, the advantages of a low oil price environment, best practices for free zones and how the company will help bring foreign direct investment into Nigeria. 6 | P a g e The Observer | LADOL Newsletter Issue 2

NOTABLE OFFSHORE SUPPORT PROJECTS BOURBON LIBERTY 206 By Leyton Daniel Following on from the successful FASL operates the Floating torquing and pressure testing. AJE Field subsea installation project by Production Storage Offloading vessel After testing had been completed, the mv Normand Vision at OML 113, it (FPSO), Front Puffin, at the AJE Field. the AHTS Bourbon Liberty 206 was was a great pleasure to hear that LADOL was the facility chosen to carry selected as the suitable vessel to collect Folawiyo Aje Services Limited (FASL) out its Export Hose Assembly Project. the 330m hose for towing out to the started producing its first oil on 20th Once all the crucial hose components field. AHTS Bourbon Liberty 206 September 2016. This marked an had been delivered to the LADOL Free departed from the LFZ on the 21st important milestone for Lagos state as it Zone (LFZ), the planning and execution August, and successfully completed the joined the fold of Nigeria’s offshore oil- were conducted using Batok Offshore as tow and hose installation at the FPSO producing states. technical partners for the assembly, bolt Front Puffin.

AHTS Bourbon Liberty 206 berthed at LiLE Export hose secured on tug stern. Mv Blue Daddy – double banked alongside AWB LANCELOT – ACCOMMODATION WORK BARGE By Leyton Daniel After several months of strategic Nigerian oil export revenues, and any Zone (LFZ) as the ideal offshore support planning by SNEPCo (Shell Nigeria unplanned project delays would have a base in which to berth the vessel during Exploration & Production Company), in significant impact on production. the project ramp up. Critical spares, food preparation for the planned TAM (turn The AWB Lancelot has and general supplies were all loaded out around maintenance) on their Bonga accommodation capacity for 650 through LiLE, LADOL’s logistic services FPSO, the AWB Lancelot was chosen to contractors. Safe transfer of personnel company. be the accommodation work barge in from the AWB Lancelot to the Bonga The vessel arrived in Lagos on the 9th which the contractors would be housed FPSO is via a motion-compensated January, and departed to commence while they were working on this project. gangway, which is connected between work on the Bonga field on the 21st Bonga FPSO contributes 220,000 the two vessels. January, once all the required contractors

barrels per day of crude oil to the SNEPCo chose the LADOL Free had joined the vessel.

PHOTOS: LEYTONDANIEL PHOTOS: AWB Lancelot showing 300t Huismann crane AWB Lancelot showing motion-compensated telescopic gangway

7 | P a g e The Observer | LADOL Newsletter Issue 2 FREE ZONE UPDATES WORKING TOWARDS A CLEANER MARINE ENVIRONMENT By Joy Asanga

In recent years, LADOL Free Zone (LFZ) movement of clients on the LFZ. In addition, has grown and developed in a variety of LADOL has a permanent “client first policy” ways. This is largely due to the numerous in place for boarding boats and vessels to and projects embarked on by enterprises in the from the LFZ. LFZ. One such recent project is the dredging It is vital for the waters to be free from of the quay wall at the eastern side of the harmful objects and debris, especially now LFZ, which is being carried out by Dredging that the Government intends to invest in a International. national liner. The dredging project has, to an

Dredging International is one of the PRODUCTIONS JAYBROTHERS PHOTO: extent, been able to rid the marine primary operating companies in the Image of LADOL Free Zone illustrating Dredging environment of some debris thereby Dredging, Environmental & Marine International’s dredging project providing a cleaner, safer environment. Engineering (DEME) Group and is highly If greater investment is channelled respected worldwide. With almost 175 job opportunities and benefit the economy as towards this area of maritime, which LADOL years’ experience and a versatile and a whole. aims to achieve, then the compnay is sure to extensive fleet, Dredging International is one Dredging International has attributed establish a system of wreck and debris of the DEME Group’s dredging specialists. the efficient administration of the dredging removal which will develop and improve over The main aim of clearing this area of project amongst other things to LADOL’s time. As opposed to dealing with issues in a water is to create access to the quay wall for competency as service providers for the LFZ. reactive way, we will develop proactive the largest vessels in the world, including the In the last quarter of 2016, LADOL measures on how to work to handle and Egina FPSC. This will increase the number of acquired new boats and introduced a maintain a clean, safe marine environment in activities in the LFZ, which will in turn create dynamic transport system to ease the Lagos Harbour.

MORE FREE ZONE VISITS

UK Department for Senate Committee on Trade NPA International Development & Investment “I am greatly impressed by what I have seen The Chief Economist at the UK Department Members of the Senate Committee on Trade here which shows that there is hope for the for International Development (DfID), Prof. and Investment led by its Chairperson, country … the fact that you have a facility Stefan Dercon, has called on UK businesses Senator Fatimat Raji-Rasaki, promised to here that is the only one of its kind in Africa, to take advantage of opportunities in Nigeria discourage any form of monopoly that might and a foreign exchange earner, makes it a win and at the LADOL Free Zone (LFZ). He impede the development of private and -win situation and a seller for the President.” commented, “What is happening in LADOL is public free trade zones in Nigeria, ensuring Charles Emukowhate, NPA Director, went on quite impressive… [Locations] such as they will create an environment that is to describe LADOL as a vital part of the LADOL will give confidence to businesses conducive to moving the economy forward Nigerian economy, with investment that is and investors to take advantage of [Nigeria’s] by strengthening the laws related to generating job opportunities and revenue

opportunities.” operating free trade zones. base for the economy.

PHOTOS: CLEMENT CLEMENT OGOH PHOTOS: Comptroller General of Nigerian-Norwegian Members of the House of Immigrations Chamber of Commerce Representatives Nigerian Immigration Service Comptroller- Executive Director of LADOL, Mr. Jide House of Representatives House Committee General, Mohammed Babandede, paid a visit Jadesimi, escorted members of the Nigerian- Chairman, Hon. Emmanuel Ekon, expressed to the LFZ. He commended LADOL for its Norwegian Chamber of Commerce (NNCC) pleasant surprise at the development of the local content, describing the company as a around the LFZ. Dr. Gulbrand Wangen, who LFZ facility, saying their visit was a testimony model for sustainable development in represents more than 200 Norwegian oil and of the commendable operations at the LFZ, Nigeria. gas companies, was highly impressed with the describing it as one of the success stories of facilities at the base and is confident that they the local content administration in the can bring in a lot of companies to LADOL. country. 8 | P a g e The Observer | LADOL Newsletter Issue 2 LADOL AROUND THE WORLD THE CHANGING FACE OF MARITIME • LADOL Managing Director, Dr. Amy Jadesimi, met with other industry leaders at the exclusive, invite only, Danish Maritime Forum, where she focused on what is next for the global industry and opportunities from emerging markets By Efe Obaigbena Copenhagen played host to the economy and for society. 2016 Danish Maritime Forum, which was The Managing Director of LADOL, attended by more than 200 leaders from Dr. Amy Jadesimi, was among those who all parts of the global maritime value were invited to attend the exclusive 2016 Danish Maritime Forum and engaged chain. The event included a number of The 2016 Danish Maritime Forum was held in with key leaders from both the public high-level panel discussions and Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2016 and private sectors in collaborative keynotes featuring major business activities to look at ways of unleashing leaders, top government officials and the potential of the global maritime prominent experts, all of whom came industry. With a focus on understanding together to discuss some of the most sustainability, Dr. Jadesimi concentrated important challenges the industry is on the role of emerging market facing today. The delegation also served companies disrupting the landscape, to set the context and highlight the most highlighting the opportunities in local significant solutions and business content as the new normal for incremental growth alongside the big opportunities that lie ahead for the international corporations.

maritime industry, for the global MD LADOL with Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark

PHOTOS: DAINISH MARTITIME DAYS DAINISH MARTITIME PHOTOS: MD LADOL participating at an open-panel MD LADOL at a networking event A focus group discussion hosted by MD LADOL

discussion at the 2016 Danish Maritime Forum

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PHOTO: DR. AMY JADES DR.AMY PHOTO: JADES DR.AMY PHOTO: PHOTO: CLEMENT OGOH PHOTO: 3GF NAICE United Nations “International banks and investors “For a woman to be considered General Assembly need to redefine bankability to competent, she has to be “If the world committed to gender enable them to participate in the extraordinary. For a man to be equality, equal engagement in the highly lucrative opportunities for considered competent, he just has workforce would add USD 28 trillion to annual global GDP by 2025. Women investment around the world, this to walk through the doors.” are drivers of the global economy and will also help sustainability and - MD LADOL speaking on female they are critical to leading the shift to opportunities in the Oil & Gas sector at an inclusive and sustainable world.” more rapidly achieve the SDGs.” the NAICE 2016 Women Development - MD LADOL speaking on Sustainable Program in Lagos, Nigeria - MD LADOL speaking on women’s Development Goals at the 3GF Summit in economic empowerment at the United Copenhagen, Denmark Nations General Assembly in New York, NY, USA 9 | P a g e The Observer | LADOL Newsletter Issue 2

INSPIRATIONAL LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY: BISI BRIGHT ADDING VALUE TO NIGERIAN LIVES Ex-NPA Head of Pharmacy, Bisi Bright, has spent a decade improving the lives of 1.8 million Nigerians via the Livewell Initiative. She explains to Efe Obaigbena how health awareness promotes better living

My background is in clinical pharmacy relatively through life expectancy because and public health and I’ve worked for over 30 the two are closely related. Ignorance can kill years. My experience spans through many and there are a lot of avoidable deaths. Life roles, from academia to the public sector to expectancy in Nigeria is about 53 years, and

the International Pharmaceutical Federation health illiteracy is prevalent, I would put it at (FIP) at the World Health Organisation around 30 per cent. (WHO). I have also served in groups such as Our mission is to help to reduce health Patients as Partners Working Group, which illiteracy by half by the year 2030 and developed Patient-Centred Healthcare; and increase life expectancy to the age of 70. To on the Maternal and Childhood Health date, we have reached more than 700,000 OBAIGBENA EFE PHOTO: Working Group, which is part of the Nigerians, and indirectly impacted Bisi Bright at the LADOL Head Office Sustainable Deployment Goals, a UN approximately 1.8 million Nigerians with bays. initiative. I’ve had experience in Nigerian health literacy. We have worked throughout LWI has faced challenges, for instance, government parastatal; I was the CEO, then the country reaching the poor, the rich, the our work with disabled and struggling Secretary General of the West African young, the old, men, women and children. communities has been difficult; working with Postgraduate College of Pharmacists Our findings are that 80-85 per cent of the ‘Child Life Line’ – displaced street kids – (WAPCP); and I also worked at the Nigerian Nigerians’ health needs are minimal. many are HIV positive, many of the girls are Ports Authority (NPA) for 25 years. Approximately 50 per cent of issues could be pregnant and HIV positive due to this, and When I left NPA I wanted to continue in prevented by changes to lifestyle and diet. nobody wants to help. Another challenge has public health. I was lecturing at WAPCP when The government can fund healthcare needs, been spreading our message. We’ve been a friend’s sister died. It was an avoidable but they concentrate on delivering healthcare trying to use social media, however, it hasn’t death and I felt something needed to be done giving – which is important – but a minute gone as far as we want it to. We have come about it. In 2004 I met the founder of the amount of money can take care of the needs. across financial challenges, which everybody Microcredit Summit Campaign, Professor This is where an organisation like ours comes faces, so we don’t like to mention that; and Muhammad Yunus, who has done so much to in; low cost, high-coverage healthcare – that’s for NGOs, you don’t measure success by your empower the poor in Bangladesh. I wanted to what we try to promote. books, but by your programmes, your do something similar but with health We have demographic-targeted expansion and impact. We do barter awareness, so I established the Livewell wellness programmes including free agreements and, luckily, we are self-funded Initiative (LWI). community health initiatives; from drug not donor funded, therefore we don’t go LWI is a community-based, self-funded, abuse programmes and personal hygiene to under once the funding stops. non-profit organisation focusing on promotive women’s health, first aid and CPR training. My final message is to be health healthcare. In healthcare, there are three We run approximately 15 different health conscious and don’t wait for a health tiers, curative healthcare – when you’re cured screenings, screenings you won’t find in emergency or a life-changing diagnosis of an illness or condition; preventive/primary hospitals, from blood pressure to hepatitis B before doing something about it. The first healthcare – this includes sanitation, and C , HIV/AIDS and basic cancer screenings. step is to have regular screenings; how often environment , etc; and promotive healthcare – We have a team of more than 150 you do this depends on age, gender, health this is healthcare outside the healthcare doctors, public health practitioners, status, family history etc. Don’t wait till you system where you promote wellness and so pharmacists and nurses, with over 350 fall sick, or till something drastic happens. prevent ill health. volunteers who are not health professionals. Don’t look to others to take responsibility for We focus on health literacy and We also train healthcare professionals in your health. Pre-cancer screening, for empowerment. Functional literacy has little promotive healthcare, and non-healthcare example, has become important as cancer is to do with health literacy and you find professionals to help within communities, for increasingly common due to lifestyle and diet educated people with low health literacy; for example, training bankers as first aiders. changes in Africa. Immunisation is also example, an executive who is registered as a Our team is qualified to prescribe important; people don’t know about adult patient at a hospital with the best healthcare prescriptions and treatments, as well as immunisation, only childhood immunisation. services available suddenly has a stroke; this referring patients to health systems. We have Hepatitis, for example, is the highest killing is because they are not health empowered. also developed a home healthcare plan called sexually transmitted infection (STI), and These days strokes can be prevented, cancers ‘Easy Health’, which provides a home follow- people don’t know about it, only about HIV/ detected early; survivability has improved, up service, and we have LWI Outsources, AIDS. Get screened regularly, be health and this is what health literacy is all about. through which organisations can outsource literate, eat right, manage your stress, Unfortunately, we have not been able to health services, by providing turnkey manage your emotions and sleep well; start quantify health literacy, but we measure it healthcare solutions, such as in-house sick today! 10 | P a g e The Observer | LADOL Newsletter Issue 2 LADOL IN THE COMMUNITY POWERING NIGERIA’S FUTURE YOUTH • LADOL awarded the first local Chevening Partnership By Efe Obaigbena EMPOWERMENT By Efe Obaigbena Chevening is the UK government’s local partnership with LADOL is the first Nigeria is full of entrepreneurs and international awards scheme aimed at of its kind in Nigeria and is sure to pave talented individuals but education, skills developing global leaders. It offers two the way for many more like it in the types of awards, the Chevening country. This will, in turn, enable a greater training and employment options for Scholarships and the Chevening number of Nigerians to benefit from this many young people are still limited. To Fellowships, both funded by the Foreign prestigious programme. build upon our work locally and bring more and Commonwealth Office and partner The Chevening award LADOL is co- attention to the issues at hand for many organisations, with a global alumni funding is in the energy sector and the young people worldwide, LADOL has network of 43,000 members. Nigeria first scholars to benefit from this life- become a founding patron of the Prince’s recorded the highest number of changing award will be in 2017-2018 Trust International. We support PTI’s work applications globally, with approximately cycle. It will be very interesting to see with governments, not-for-profit 4,000 eligible applications for the 2016- which future leaders in this field will organisations, and businesses around the 2017 Chevening cycle. Further emerge as a result of the LADOL world, as it builds its programme across demonstrating the UK’s commitment to scholarship and join the Nigerian alumni countries in the Commonwealth and Nigeria, a total of 53 Chevening which, to date, includes: Ambassador beyond, in places where it can most scholarship and fellowship awards were Sola Enikanolaye, Permanent Secretary, effectively bridge the skills gap to help the made available to Nigerians, a big Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Habiba next generation into employment. increase on the 12 scholars who were Lawal of the Ecological Fund; selected in 2014. Mohammed Babandede, Comptroller-

“Our aim is to further increase the General of Nigerian Immigration Service; scholarship slots available to Nigeria and John Momoh, founder of Channels we hope to achieve this through Television; Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, Chevening local partnerships.” stated the Group Managing Director, First Bank; and British High Commissioner, Paul Valentine Ozigbo, Managing Director,

Arkwright. The British High Commission's Transcorp Hotels. CLEMENT OGOH PHOTO: Chevening Scholar at the Alumni Associated of KEY DATES Nigeria Leadership Summit MARCH

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