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A lecture
by the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), Engr. F. M. Kupolokun
delivered at the Baker Institute Energy Forum, Rice
University, Houston, USA on May 2, 2006.
NNPC shares the goals of the
Baker Institute Energy Forum in serving the need to
improve understanding of the complex political,
cultural, religious, economic, and social forces that
influence open access to energy resources and their
equitable distribution.
Many
senior statesmen and energy industry leaders have
visited the Baker Institute Energy Forum to discuss a
variety of public policy issues with its members
including President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria in
November 2003. President Obasanjo discussed his vision
for Africa and various initiatives to ensure peace,
stability and economic growth in Africa and in Nigeria
in particular. Indeed, he discussed the fundamental but
difficult institutional reforms and Governments
determination to ‘leave a lasting legacy.......Full
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