GIVING WINGS TO ASPIRATIONS
At the heart of Asharami Energy’s operations is an unwavering commitment to the well-being of the communities in which we operate.
Our determination to always place a high premium on social purpose continues to guide our interactions with various stakeholders that constitute our host communities. Prosperity to us at Asharami Energy Limited (AEL) goes beyond financial performance. It involves well thought-out and sustainable interventions designed to drive economic and social development – we call this SHARED PROSPERITY.
This has informed our decision to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in our core strategy as an organization, resulting in our leadership role in mobilizing other private sector organizations towards promoting sustainable development wherever we operate.
At Asharami Energy, we work to continually provide basic social infrastructure in under-served communities
We continue to demonstrate a company-wide commitment to community development – from staff engagement, to internally financed philanthropy and direct social investments in priority focal areas, our model reflects the values and business practices needed for the private sector to contribute to the achievement of the SDGs.
OUR SHARED PROSPERITY FRAMEWORK
At Asharami Energy we understand that managing our impact is essential to being a responsible company. We continue to prioritize our shared prosperity and monitor the effects of our community projects on land, livelihoods, and culture.
Our Community Engagement Framework is built around a four (4) pronged shared prosperity:
We aspire to strengthen the sustainable economic development in the communities we operate in through innovation and capacity building.
Capacity Building
To support the continued growth and development of our local community, we focus on capacity-building initiatives for our host communities.
At Asharami Energy we empower qualified local community contractors through sourcing for applicable goods and services and providing capacity building and trainings that have continued to develop their skills and competencies to provide quality services to our operations. We have also supported the skills development of women and youth in the community through vocational and technical programs.
We aim to increase access to education to ensure more underserved people benefit from learning opportunities to actualize their potential and contribute positively to society.
Our efforts are focused on implementing educational programs such as developing appropriate facilities to educate disabled children, awarding scholarships annually to students for secondary and tertiary educations, supporting the training and development of teachers, and supporting literacy development through the provision of libraries and other resources.
We are focused on providing world-class solutions to raise awareness on environmental issues as we are fully aware of our operations and how it impacts the environment. We work with stakeholders to prioritize community health needs and develop and implement strategies and action plans for addressing them. We have supported the provision of medicines and medical equipment, the development of rural water supply and sanitation, public health education on HIV, Malaria, and environmental awareness to underserved communities.
As a key driver for progress, our focus is on improving the quality of key infrastructure to enable productivity and sustainable economic growth. We recognize a key requirement to facilitate the development of viable industries in local communities is the provision of stable electricity. We have installed suitable small size gas turbines each with a capacity for up to 10 Mega Watts of electricity, to take advantage of the substantial number of shut-in wells in the area to provide the necessary source of gas supply. Additionally, we have supported the local communities with road and market developments and assisted local farmers to develop communal agro-processing centres.
OUR COMMITMENT
AEL has over the years demonstrated its commitment to economic empowerment of stakeholders through several community development initiatives aimed at improving the standard of living across-the-board. This is in line with its corporate policy of focusing on programmes that touch the lives of the people directly, giving wings to their aspirations.
OUR STRATEGY AND OPERATING PHILOSHOPHY
At the heart of Asharami Energy’s strategy is to give the communities a sense of ownership. As an indigenous company with the skills and experience in oil exploration and production, Asharami Energy is well poised to confront the challenges facing the oil and gas industry. Over the years, Asharami Energy has routinely confronted key issues in development: Energy, Environment, Economic Development, Health & Education, Human Rights, Land Tenure, Governance etc.
At Asharami Energy we are committed to building a trusting and rewarding relationship with our host communities such that we are continuously seeking appropriate mechanisms to improve performance.
Sahara's Energy Operational Philosophy
Sahara Energy is evolving a strategy of domicilation of its operations with the community in which we operate. In this regard, saraha Energy encourages all its field staff and supervisors to live and operate out of the communities, sharing the same social and economic infrasstruture. At the same time, the approval limit of the field supervisory personel is set at a sufficient level to allow the field staff handle certain level of issues within the communities without prior approval of the head office. This strategy has demonstrated to be effective in building a trusting and rewarding relation with our host communities such that we are continuously seeking appropraite mechanisms to improve performance.
Our Community Development strategy and philosophy both recognise that our
operational drive economic development administered through:
Our Community Development strategy and philosophy both recognise that our
operational drive economic development administered through:
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
Asharami Energy lives and breathes the complexity and imperative of engaging stakeholders from local communities to senior government officials. We have identified the following stakeholders as key to our business success:
With a focus on key stakeholders in the communities, we hold Quarterly Community Relations (CRC) meetings. The meetings with the appointment/elected community representatives reaffirms our commitment to open, fair and inclusive community engagement, it keeps us abreast of challenges and issues in communities that can potentially affect our operations and impact existing relationships. Proactive and strategic meetings are also held with communities with known vandalization hotspots to prevent any cases of third-party interference along our pipelines.
Through an improved Community – Based Security Management system with a focus on intelligence gathering, surveillance, reporting and rewards system, Sahara Energy has achieved a significant reduction in the downtime due to pipeline vandalization and third-party interference.
