By TAYO ELEGBEDE
As part of efforts to tackle the the spread of the Corona virus in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has unveiled a contacts-tracing software application that would be deployed in all its locations across the country.
According to the Corporation’s Group General Manager, Information Technology Division (ITD), Danladi Inuwa, the novel app is part of the NNPC’s sectoral contribution to curb the spread of the pandemic within its formations, Ministries, departments and agencies of the government.
Inuwa, in a statement by the National Oil Company’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Kennie Obateru, noted that
the Contacts-Tracing Solution is ready to be deployed, because all the technical testing have been done and the solution is ready to go live, adding that “everywhere you go around NNPC locations would be covered by this novel application which would reveal all information about persons visiting any official.”
Therefore, in case of any
medical challenge, the NNPC Medical would be able to track from the information at the database all the contacts and due advise would be properly given.
This move is in line with the Transparency, Accountability and Performance Excellence (TAPE) agenda of the present Leadership of NNPC and the commitment to continually deploy Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for the purposes of operational efficiency and accountability within the corporation’s system.
The Corporation’s ITD boss mentioned how the application could also be used by members of staff of the corporation to document their private visitors at their homes, stressing that the novel application would enable the workforce to adjust adequately to the ‘new normal’ way of living to minimize the spread of the disease.
In order to minimize human contacts in business transactions at the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a downstream subsidiary of NNPC, in the face of COVID-19, he noted how the corporation has also deployed a Sales and Distribution application in the Oil and Gas Secondary Model Portal that would enable marketers buy petroleum products online.
He said the application, known as the Customer Express, would also enable marketers to register, validate and revalidate their Bulk Purchase Agreements online within a week, adding that the portal provides a dashboard that enables the corporation to track every molecule of products being imported, transported and sold at every given time.
time.
“The Portal shows what product is in transit in terms of volume, what quantity is in the jetty, what volume has gone into the pipelines, what quantity has gone into NNPC depots, private depots and refinery depots. So, we have an accurate accounting of every molecule of products that we have in our system,” he added.
The IT expert, said already members of Major Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) are now purchasing products online seamlessly while the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Depot and Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPMAN) and other relevant Downstream stakeholders are expected to start transacting business on the platform soon.
He further stated that an application that can show the volume of stocks in the tanks of all NNPC Retail stations across the country has equally being deployed and the ticketing digitised, affirming that more technological innovations would be deployed in the months ahead.
Inuwa revealed that despite the recent lockdown in the country, the NNPC business value chains were not affected as the corporation was well-prepared, adding that the NNPC had over 4,000 virtual meetings, 9.3million minutes of audio time, 6.7million minutes of video time and 2.1million minutes of screen shared times.
He added that the robust IT business continuity plan had enhanced the corporation’s workforce efficiency.
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