Business
Total Harps On Human Development
To ensure the sustainability of its host Communities, Total
Exploration and Production Nigeria (TENG) has stressed the need to focus more
on human capital and entrepreneurial development through conscious involvement
of the people in economic projects and programmed.
The deputy managing director of TENG, Port Harcourt
District, Mr Dennis Berthelot made the Commissioning of SME Development Network
Center, Egi Arts and Cultural Development Center, both at Obite, Egi, Egi
Technical Workshop at Erema and the HP Microentreprise Acceleration Programme
(MAP) Centre at Obagi supported by the United Nations Institute for Training
and Research (UNITAR) recently.
According to Berthelot, the company in the last few years
had been emphasising on the need for a shift from infrastructure to human
capital and entrepreneurship development.
Pointing out that the involvement of the people in economic
development programmes and projects would have multiplier development effects
on the communities. He explained that the projects would stimulate enterprise
development activities in the area.
His words: “The SME-DN was established to stimulate
enterprise development activities first in OML58. This, the SME-DN hopes to
achieve by helping SMEs harness the numerous economic resources and
opportunities in this area for the purpose of wealth creation; thereby aligning
with the aspirations of our regional development plan which is to position the
OML-58 area as an economic hub”.
He therefore urged the people to make x most of the
opportunities created by the projects by effectively using the facilities
provided to ensure they deliver practical benefits to the people.
Earlier in his speech, the President General, Egi People’s
Assembly (EPA), Chief Oris .U. Onyiri while assuring on creating an enabling
environment for the French oil giant to operate he described the SME-DN as one great
step in enterprise development agenda of Egi Communities.
He explained that in the Egi Development strategy,
enterprise management was a core skill necessary for tapping the natural
resources and organisational capabilities in Egi thus hoped that the centre
would provide an impetus for the Egi people to re-awaken themselves into wealth
creation.
He also advocated TENG’s support in the teaching of Egi
language and culture as well as the teaching of French in the centre.
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