Seplat, Dr. Orjiako wins global awards for outstanding indigenous performance
Seplat Energy Plc and its Board Chairman, Dr. ABC Orjiako have emerged winners at the Energy & Corporate Africa Leadership Award Night/Dinner held last week at the Hilton PostOak, Houston, Texas, United States for outstanding indigenous performance.
The award was the climax of the Annual Sub-Saharan Africa Oil/Gas Conference that started from 12th August to 13th August with the theme:TheFuture of Upstream, Advancing Digitalization and Gas Development Options in SubSaharan Africa.
Dr. Orjiako delivered the keynote address at the event. Seplat was recognized as the largest indigenous domestic supplier of gas whilst Dr. Orjiako won the top indigenous entrepreneur award in the energy sector.
The Leadership Award Night gave an opportunity to profile and celebrate personalities that have helped to stabilize and grow oil/gas business in Sub-Saharan Africa. Among the recipients of the award were: Chief Timipre Sylva, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, who was conferred with the Africa Leadership Award; Mallam Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for transformational leadership award, amongst others.
Commenting on the awards, Dr. Orjiako, on behalf of the Board, management and staff of the Company, thanked Energy & Corporate Africa, the organisers of the events, for the honour and recognition accorded the Company and himself.
He expressed the Company’s appreciation, saying the awards highlight the hard work and resilience consistently displayed overtime.
