The Nigerian Senate has lauded what it called patriotism and huge contributions of Lee Engineering and Construction Company Ltd, to the development of Nigeria’s Oil and Gas sector.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Gas, Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, who commended Lee Engineering for its unrelenting patriotism and huge investments in the Oil and Gas industry, declared that the company’s huge workforce of over 4,000 employees coupled with its value-added drive deserved the committee’s support in all ramifications.
In a one-page letter dated December 5, 2023, personally signed by the committee chairman, Senator Jarigbe, and addressed to the Managing Director and CEO of Lee Engineering, the Senate Committee on Gas said: “The Senate Committee on Gas writes to commend you on your activities in the Oil and gas sector in Nigeria. The Committee’s investigations revealed that you have invested hugely in the Oil and Gas industry, with a staff strength of over four thousand employees. We found no infractions associated with your company.”
The Senate Committee while pledging to support Lee Engineering and Construction Company Ltd as one of Nigeria’s leading indigenous companies in the oil and gas sector operating as a frontline engineering, procurement, construction, operations and maintenance company (EPCOM), commended it for its “patriotism and pledge to support you in adding value and creating wealth for the Nation.”
It would be recalled that Lee Engineering and Construction Company Ltd was among 15 firms recently invited by the Senate Committee on Gas to throw light on operational milestones they have attained with financial facilities advanced to them individually under the supervision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under stringent guidelines and protocols.
In its response, Lee Engineering and Construction Company Ltd, had in a detailed and convincing presentation made by the company’s legal adviser, Mr. Matthew Agbadon, and the firm’s Executive Director, Finance and Accounts, Mr. Benedict Ebalukhota, explained explicitly its operational milestones with a multi billion factory establishment in Warri, Delta State.
The company’s presentation read in part: “Lee Engineering has been in the oil and gas industry for 32 years with over 4, 000 employees. This particular project is one of the outfits of Lee Engineering and it’s located in Warri, Delta State. If the committee is ready to visit the project today, we are ready. It is 90 percent completed. It is billed for commissioning in the first quarter of next year.”
The company added: “Our factory is a multi-billion naira factory which specialize in the fabrication and manufacturing of vital equipment and components for the oil and gas industry facilities such as flow stations, refineries, petro-chemical gas plant processing and allied facilities.”
Impressed with its findings, the Senate Committee on gas consequently lauded and applauded Lee Engineering’s enormous contributions to the development of the Oil and Gas industry in Nigeria, stressing that the Committee will support the firm accordingly all the way.
