… As Mining Cadestra receives best digital innovation award***
A wholly-owned Nigerian oilfield services company, Forte Upstream Services Ltd., has received the ISO 9001:2015 certification for its quality management system.
A statement posted on the company’s website on Monday said the certificate was presented by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to the company recently.
The statement said the award was issued as a result of the conformity of the company’s Quality Management System (QMS) to the requirements of the standard ISO 9001:2015.
According to the statement, the systems of Forte Upstream were subjected to rigorous certification assessment by auditors, after which the system was adjudged to have conformed to the requirements of the international standards.
It said the certification was in accordance with the company’s drive to improve processes, procedures, and quality delivery of services and products.
Mr Doyin Ogun, the Managing Director, Forte Upstream, said that the certification was a confirmation of the company’s effective quality management system, which had been tested by SON.
Ogun said: “The audit process looked at the people, policies that we have, and look at the system that we use to drive them, and put them to test.
“This essentially factors in what and how in terms of our policy implementation in order to reach quality levels for our stakeholders, current customers, internal stakeholders, and ultimately our potential customers.
“What we believe is that when clients see the ISO certification, it means our system has gone through the right kind of tests.
“It gives us impetus to work with people that we would ordinarily have not been able to work with. It also gives us a better selection chance, when we go out there to look for partners.”
He added that the certification was now a standard for the company as it was imperative to keep to the level by ensuring an adequate feedback system with its clients and other stakeholders.
The newsmen report that the ISO 9001 is defined as the international standard that specifies requirements for a QMS.
Most organizations use the standard to demonstrate the ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customers and regulatory requirements.
Also, the ISO 9001:2015 specifies requirements for a quality system when the organization aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system.
This includes processes for improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
In the meantime, the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office (NMCO) has been awarded the best Digital Innovation Agency of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
The Director-General of NMCO, Mr Obadiah Nkom made this known in a statement issued by Mrs Sade Fatoke, the Head, Press Unit of NMCO on Sunday in Abuja.
Nkom said that the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), an NGO, established by the Federal Republic to manage the Nigerian code gave the award to the agency.
He said that the office emerged the winner with the highest number of votes on the 5th .ng Award category for the year 2022, organized by NIRA.
NIRA was established in 2006, as the official Domain Registry.
NG Domain extension.
NG is the country-code top-level domain name system (ccTLD) for the West African country Nigeria.
“NMCO was voted by the public and assessed by the Award Jury as it fulfilled the criteria for the category.
“NMCO has presented the award as the best portal of the Federal Government with an excellent user experience which promotes innovation and local content development with the .ng domain name, ” he said.
He said that NMCO contested with other MDAs such as Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), and Federal Road Safety Commission ( FRSC).
Others are Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and the National Pension Commission (PENCOM).
Nkom said the award was a call for the Cadastre to always forge ahead and be committed to be able to achieve a greater feat like the NIRA Award.
“The reward for hard work is always more work, this award is a call for more dedication and commitment for MCO to continue until the government’s desire for the agency and the sector is fulfilled”.
“We will remain committed to professionalism and we can only improve on this achievement and many more so that MCO can be the gateway to economic diversification as well as boosting government’s revenue,” he said.
