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AIG PUBLIC LEADERS PROGRAMME ALUMNI IMPACT STORY
Tochi Claire Nkwoji is the Lead, Contract Development, Supply Chain Management Division at National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS). NAPIMS is the arm of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that manages the Nigerian government’s investments in joint ventures, production sharing contracts and other contract agreements in the upstream sector of the Nigerian oil industry.
Tochi joined the inaugural class of the AIG Public Leaders Programme because she wanted to develop skills that would help her drive effectiveness and excellence in her work as a public servant. She says she learned a great deal from the programme.
“The programme was a very engaging learning opportunity; I particularly enjoyed the in-conversation series with renowned public servants and industry experts like Uche Orji (MD NSIA), and Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan (Head of Service), Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (SLS) and Bola Adesola of Eco Bank. Their experiences and perspectives on how to address challenges they have faced in their careers were quite relatable and provided good insights on how to handle similar challenges. Also, the teaching faculty and assistants were excellent; the teaching methods ensured impactful learning.”
PLP candidates carry out a capstone project in their organisations, using learnings they have gained from the programme.
Tochi’s project focused on the automation of the inventory management/exchange and asset disposal processes of NAPIMS. She noted that NAPIMS operates a manual inventory management and asset disposal system, which leads to inefficiencies, revenue leakages, lack of oversight of inventories, excess inventories and lack of collaboration among operators. The project will deliver an application that provides an e-warehouse/Inventory management solution, an inventory exchange platform and automated asset disposal and e-auction system. The application was successfully developed and launched by the Group Managing Director of NNPC. It is currently in its implementation phase.
A key takeaway Tochi took from the programme was was that to be an effective leader you must understand the context and culture of your institution as this will help ensure you adopt the right strategy for success and value delivery. She highly recommends the programme for anyone aspiring to public leadership stating, “It will cause a paradigm shift in the Public Sector”.