Women in Energy, Oil and Gas have advocated that Nigeria, like other nations, must maximise its oil resources to hasten economic growth.
The National President of WEOG, Dr Oladunni Owo, stated this during the group’s strategic leadership summit and awards programme held recently in Lagos.
She noted that WEOG had the mandate to close the energy poverty gap in Nigeria.
Owo said, “WEOG is critical to Nigeria because oil and gas are part of the key resources driving our nation’s economy. We intend to close the gender gap; and the energy poverty gap to meet energy supply needs. Once this is fixed, the nation will be 70 per cent fixed, as there will be more production.
“Also, we aim at closing the huge gap between the volume of the natural resources the nation is blessed with vis-à-vis the economic effects, transformational effects on the people and other resources. We are blessed with so many resources, but it is not transforming our human resources. There is a huge economic gap. Other countries that maximise their oil and gas don’t have two heads. We want Nigeria to do better.”
On her part, the keynote speaker at the event, Uju Ifejika, urged the women in the oil and gas sector to be creative and focused as the industry is a competitive one with much regard for the men.
Ifejika charged the government to create financial capacity for women who have genuine business plans.
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