Leading gender capacity advocacy group, Women in Energy Network has awarded the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) AND Waltersmith Petroman its prestigious gender diversity awards.

WIEN named the NCDMB the Most Gender Inclusive Agency in 2022 at its premier end-of-year party and award night, where it presented about 17 awards to corporate organisations and individuals for optimising the full potentials and capacity of women in driving national economic and social development. WIEN also recognised Waltersmith Petroman as the Best Workplace for Women in 2022.

The event, held at La Scala Restaurant in Ikoyi, served as a platform for new members to be inducted in a fun-filled party during which the President of WIEN, Mrs Funmi Ogbue, charged all members of the group to be standard bearers and compliance custodians in their various roles and places of work. She threw the challenge of industry performance excellence at the ladies, who included investors, CEOs, senior management personnel, and other women in the energy industry.

Mrs. Ogbue expressed delight and pride in the role of WIEN members and partners in leveraging the group’s platforms and advocacies in driving innovation and supporting the growth of the energy industry and the country. “Our members are thriving and triumphing in all sectors of our industry and also in government agencies. They are literally powering the industry in all spheres.”

Mrs Ogbue said WIEN members have become part of the critical industry community investing in technological innovations, supplier diversity initiatives and workforce development. In highlighting WIEN’s contributions this year, she highlighted the organisation’s outspoken voices in the global debate on energy transition. She reiterated the group’s call for alternative industry funding, implementation of just environment and social governance (ESG), increased capital importation, and strategic partnerships.

She also mentioned that the group was active in proposing solutions to local operational challenges, such as the security of industry assets. She reiterated WIEN’s calls for full commercialisation of gas under the current Decade of Gas programme.