Corporate Social Responsibility
- Frontier Oil is focused on empowering its host communities and especially the youths through its Community Development Programme (“CDP”), in a sustainable and transparent manner.
- FOL & its JV Partner engaged PNI (an international community development NGO) in 2007 to develop a sustainable community development plan for the Uquo field
- PNI used a participatory approach to help local communities in Uquo field assess needs, plan projects, and monitor implementation.
- Developed a CDP for the Uquo field in 2009 with 5 focus areas: viz-skill acquisition, income generation & employment, health access, education access & community access.
- The CDP led to the creation of two Community Development Foundations (“CDF”) fully managed by members of our host communities and funded by Uquo Joint Venture.
- The CDF has ownership of and manages the implementation of the various development projects which have been identified and prioritized by the host communities.
- Established and funded Ekid Host Community Development Trust (EHCDT) in line with the Petroleum Industry Act (2021), with a fully functional governance structure comprising a Board of Trustees, Management, and Advisory Committees.
- Transferred all CDP implementations to the Ekid Host Community Development Trust in line with the Petroleum Industry Act (2021).
Our Past Community Related Activities
- The Skills Acquisition Training Programme for Esit Eket and Eket communities has benefited over 1,284 youths across the two host communities youths with starter packs at completion of the trainings. The goal is to build skills capacity and create employment opportunities within and beyond the communities.
- Trainings programmes implemented to date include: Aluminum Fabrication, Auto Mechanics & Electricals, Carpentry/Furniture-Making, Catering & Hotel Management, Computer Maintenance, Desktop Publishing, Cooling Systems/ Electrical Installations & Repairs, Fashion Designing (males & females), GSM Phone Repairs, Hair Dressing/Barbing & make-up Art, Industrial Safety, Photography & Cinematography, Upholstery Installation & Repairs, Argon/Pipe/Structural/Stainless Pipeline Welding & Fabrications, and Mechanical Repairs.
- Between 2009 and 2014, we built and fully equipped two ICT Training Centres with internet access across the two LGAs, providing capacity to train up to 240 youths annually.
Employed over 1100 persons from our host communities (both skilled and unskilled) during the seismic campaign of 2006 – 2007; more than 830 host community youths for the Uquo Central Gas Plant construction project in 2013 – 2014. From 2015 onwards, other drilling & completion operations employed over 380 persons. To date, the Uquo Project has provided employment for more than 5,368 youths across multiple construction operations projects.
- Presented educational grants to 100 post-Secondary students drawn from the host communities in 2016 and 2017.
- Provided 718 postsecondary and 92 postgraduate scholarships to indigenes of the host communities from 2018 to date.
- Established a scholarship scheme to Secondary & Tertiary Institutions for 100 students drawn from Ibeno LGA to make education more accessible to the host community youth as part of the FUN Group.
- Renovated science laboratories and donated science equipment to three secondary schools in the host communities to encourage interest in the Sciences amongst students (Edo, Iko Eket and Efoi).
- Renovated libraries and donated books to three host communities’ secondary schools. (Etebi, Akpautong & Ekpeneobo).
- Renovated 3-classroobm blocks and office apartment each for three host communities’ schools (Idung Inian, Ekpeneobo, and Ebe Ekpi).
- Constructed a 5-classroom building and office at Model Nursery/Primary School Ine Akpautong, in Esit Eket LGA, Akwa Ibom State.
- Constructed a 1,345m block wall perimeter fence at Secondary School, Edo in Esit Eket LGA, Akwa Ibom State.
- Rehabilitated 3 classrooms building and 6,000 litres potable water at QIC Primary School, Esit Urua, Eket LGA, Akwa Ibom State.
- Rehabilitated Physics and Computer laboratories at Itam Secondary School, Obong Itam, Itam Itu LGA, Akwa Ibom State.
- Rehabilitated of 6 classrooms building at Model Science College, Uqua Isi Edoho, Esit Eket, LGA, Akwa Ibom State.
- Constructed Model Library and provided furniture @ Francis Secondary School, Ikot Ataku, Eket LGA.
- Constructed and furnished a modern Civic Centre at Ebe Ekpi Community in Esit Eket LGA.
- Constructed six (6) classrooms block at QIC primary school, Usung Inyang, Eket LGA.
- Constructed 4-rooms admin. building at Lutheran Secondary School, Uquo in Esit Eket LGA.
- Provided 1,200 dual desks to 8 schools in the host communities.(Edo, Ebe Ekpi, Etebi, Odoronkit, Usung Inyang, Afaha Ukwa, Okon and Ebana).
- Completed the construction of a 500m earth road with a 2 X 2 meter single box culvert on Ikpa-Ekpene obo road, Esit Eket LGA, Akwa Ibom State to improve physical access to the host community.
- Constructed a 1.5 km road in Uqua Ini Edoro, Esit Eket LGA, Akwa Ibom State.
- Constructed a 1km road in Idung Akpetun, Uquo, Esit Eket LGA, Akwa Ibom State.
- Ran a pilot micro-credit scheme for women in the Eket & Esit Eket LGAs in Akwa Ibom State to empower and encourage women in their business endeavours.
- Established an internet café to improve access to information within our host community.
- Provided a 10,000 liters capacity mini water projects for 15 host communities in Uquo field.