By Soni Daniel
ABUJA— The Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority, OGFZA, has adopted a four-year roadmap aimed at growing investments by 80 per cent and positioning the agency as the premier government agency to attract investments to the country.

The roadmap also adopted the automation of all OGFZA operations to optimise performance and application of a standard operating procedure to enhance job performance efficiency.

The new measures were adopted at a two-day retreat for key staff and stakeholders in the OGFZA.

Managing Director of OGFZA, Mr Umana Okon Umana, said: “With a roadmap drawn up and core values agreed to provide the right culture orientation to drive operations at OGFZA, we can now engage investors and operators in the oil and gas free zones in a manner that facilitates the achievement of our mandate.”

Umana said the new work ethics in the agency would emphasise performance, reward exceptional contribution and accept no excuses for failure.

He described the retreat as “a very rewarding engagement” that has set the tone for OGFZA to move in the right direction, noting  that the impact of the brain storming session would be seen and felt immediately.

“The rebranding is well underway and with it a new way to doing business and dealing with clients,” he said, adding that he is ready to drive the change in the investment agency.

Anchored on the theme, “Enhancing service delivery in the Oil and Gas Free Zones in Nigeria,” the retreat also agreed a six-point set of values that furnishes the right organisational culture for OGFZA.

The new culture orientation binds the management and staff of OGFZA to live by the creed of integrity, passion for their job, transparency and accountability, creativity, professionalism and respect (for self, clients, time, etc).