Nigeria is ranked seventh among
gas nations in the world and number one in Africa. Oil and gas experts
believe that Nigeria could even earn more from full utilisation of gas
resources with a sound investment policy. ExxonMobil one of Nigeria’s
biggest oil and gas companies recently appointed Alhaji Sadiq Adamu as
Executive Director and General Counsel.
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| Alhaji Sadiq Adamu |
In this interview with May
Agbamuche-Mbu and Tobi Soniyi, the lawyer, author, poet and playwright
expounded on a wide range of issues including Nigeria’s untapped gas
potential, renewable energy resources, why the PIB is not the panacea to
Nigeria’s oil and gas problems and ExxonMobil’s Corporate Social
Responsibility Initiatives and local content policy.
Congratulations on your appointment as
Executive Director and General Counsel of ExxonMobil. How do you intend
to combine these roles effectively?
Accept my gratitude for your kind wishes.
Up North in Wukari Taraba State my hometown, the people are celebrating
the appointment. The combined roles of General Counsel and of Executive
Director not just in one, but three different companies would, on the
face of it, look daunting. The responsibilities will require me to play
the lawyer-entrepreneur roles at the highest levels of corporate
governance. I have been nurtured in the ExxonMobil culture of
self-reliance, self-improvement and calculated risk-taking for more than
twenty years; enough time for the process to reconstruct me for the
job. The companies say I am ready and I have rolled my sleeves ready to
evolve. I am a true seeker of knowledge, my seniors on the Boards are
consummate teachers and the environment is conducive.
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