By Edu Abade
Organisers of the Africa Safety Award for Excellence (AfriSAFE) have named Nigeria’s leading indigenous energy company, Seplat Energy Plc as the Energy Company of the Year at its 2024 Congress and Award Banquet.
The award ceremony, which was held in Livingstone, Zambia, had a total of 11,000 nominations in different categories and featured the Africa Safety Congress, Tourism, Exhibition and the event.
The award was presented to the management of Seplat Energy Plc led by the Managing Director, Seplat West Limited, Ayodele Olatunde; Managing Director, Seplat East Onshore Limited, Mrs. Ibi-Ada Itotoi and General Manager, Health, Safety and Environment (HSE), Adeshina Sadiq.
AfriSAFE is a leading African HSE event, with five successful editions that have reached an estimated audience of over 500 million. The event is endorsed by leading national and global institutions, including the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), the world’s largest chartered body for safety and health professionals.
Chief Coordinator, AfriSAFE, Femi Da-Silva, who led his team to the award presentation to Seplat Energy Plc, commended the company for its strong commitment to safety practices in the energy industry over the years, saying AfriSAFE remains dedicated to celebrating outstanding contributions in health, safety, security, sustainability and environmental practices.
Responding, Olatunde said the award did not come to Seplat Energy as a surprise, as the company had invested significantly in driving safe practices across the business from inception.
Also commenting, Sadiq noted that safety is the core of Seplat Energy business, as the company has never ceased to pay special attention to human capability development.
In her address, Mrs. Itotoi equally commended the AfriSAFE group for the wide coverage while looking forward to more partnerships with Seplat Energy in the future.
It will be recalled that Seplat Energy, in its nine months results for 2024, maintained a strong safety culture, as it reported an achievement of 8.2-million-man hours without Lost Time Injury (LTI) at Seplat operated assets year-to-date.
