SAFETY FIRST OR NOTHING! SHELL CRACKS WHIP AS TOP CONTRACTORS CONVERGE IN LAGOS
GREATRIBUNETVNEWS–OIL major Shell on Monday, August 18, hosted Chief Executives of its contracting firms in Lagos at its annual Leadership and Contractor CEO Conference, with a blunt warning: Sustain safe operations or forget the business.
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The high-level forum, themed “Learn. Adapt. Improve,”spotlighted what Shell calls “a shared commitment to people, performance and safety.”
Speaking at the event, Elohor Aiboni, Executive Vice President and Country Chair Nigeria, said Shell’s massive portfolio will count for nothing without safety:
> “We are delivering an extensive portfolio of projects and operations that will help meet Nigeria’s growing energy needs, create value for stakeholders, and support national development. We are advancing major opportunities and pursuing ambitious goals. But no matter how significant the opportunity, our success will always be measured first by how safely we deliver it. That is why this conference matters.”
The conference featured among other things, discussions and cascade of learnings, an exhibition and awards and recognitions for outstanding safety performances. The highlight of the event was the signing of the Leadership Charter which was jointly created in 2025 through collaboration between SNEPCo and her contractor partners.
“This year’s conference theme, Learn. Adapt. Improve, connects strongly with the purpose of the Charter,” SNEPCo Managing Director Ronald Adams said before the signing. “To learn, we must be honest about what has worked, what has been difficult, and what our people and operations are telling us. To adapt, we must be willing to adjust our approach where the realities of work require us to do better. To improve, we must make sure that the commitments in the Charter are not only discussed during conferences, but embedded into how we lead, how we engage, how we review performance, and how we support safe execution every day.”
Elohor reiterated the place of safety in company operations, adding: “Every person who works for Shell or on behalf of Shell deserves to return home safely to their family, every day, without exception.”
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