Shell has called on its contracting partners in Nigeria to maintain the highest safety standards across their operations, stressing that safe delivery must remain central to the company’s business activities.
The call was made on Tuesday in Lagos by Shell’s Executive Vice President and Country Chair, Nigeria, Elohor Aiboni, at the company’s annual Shell Leadership and Contractor CEO Conference.
Aiboni said Shell was implementing a broad portfolio of projects and operations aimed at supporting Nigeria’s growing energy requirements, creating value for stakeholders and contributing to national development.
She noted that the scale and complexity of the company’s activities made strong safety practices essential to achieving its objectives.
According to her, the conference was organised to reinforce a shared commitment among Shell and its contractors to people, performance and safety.
Aiboni said the success of any project would ultimately be judged by the manner in which it was executed, regardless of its size or strategic importance.
She emphasised that every employee and contractor working for or on behalf of Shell should be able to return safely to their families at the end of each working day.
The conference featured discussions on operational experiences and lessons learned, alongside an exhibition and the presentation of awards recognising contractors and teams for outstanding safety performance.
A major highlight was the signing of a Leadership Charter jointly developed in 2025 by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) and its contractor partners.
Speaking ahead of the signing, SNEPCo Managing Director, Ronald Adams, said the conference theme, “Learn. Adapt. Improve,” reflected the principles underpinning the charter.
Adams said learning required organisations to openly assess what had worked, identify challenges and listen to feedback from employees and operational teams.
He added that adaptation required a willingness to change approaches when workplace realities indicated that improvements were necessary.
According to him, continuous improvement would only be achieved when the commitments contained in the Leadership Charter became part of everyday leadership, stakeholder engagement, performance reviews and operational practices.
The conference provided Shell and its contractors with an opportunity to review safety performance, share operational lessons and strengthen their collective commitment to safer execution across the company’s activities in Nigeria.
