ARET ADAMS HAD A GREAT LIFE - Dr Jackson Gaius obaseki

ARET ADAMS HAD A GREAT LIFE

Dr Jackson Gaius obaseki

By Miles Olu

At the 15^th Annual Aret Adams Memorial Lecture Series at 2018 at the Agip Rectial Hall, Muson Center, Marina, Onikan, Lagos the Former Group Managing Director (GMO) of the Nigeria national petroleum (NNPC) Dr, Jackson gaius obaseki who chaired the Aret Adams foundation the 15^th annual Aret Adams memorial lecture series told the crème-de-la-crème of the oil and gas sector that the first GMD of NNPC Aret Adams had a great life while he was alive working at NNPC.

Speaking further Dr, Obaseki said Aret Adams was heavily celebrated after death and that the world would continue to celebrate him for the uncommon legacies he did leave behind the former GMD of NNPC did productively well as the chairman of the event, he actually carried all and Sundry along. Speaking to the audience the chairman Board of Trustee, Aret Adams foundation Egbert Imomoh thanked all and sundry for accepting their invite to the 15^th series of the public lecture which were started in the year 2003 by the Center for Petroleum Information (CPI) in honor of Aret Adams and speaking further Imomoh said if Aret were to be alive, he would have been 80 years old a few days ago on the 27^th of February.

Speaking further Imomoh did say that last year the board reviewed the various topic they had covered over the years and it dawned on them that they had chosen topics mainly from the upstream and had not covered anything on the downstream guided by the  principles that they had used in the past years which is to identify topics which they believe will be of general interest are current topical and would appeal to all and attract a wide audience and as a result they chose Refineries in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities as the 15^th anniversary lecture topic.

Speaking again, Imomoh told the large crowds that they have continue to seek for funds for the establishment of chairs at Ibadan and Ekpoma as these are: The Aret Adams chairs for Geological studies: to be established at the university of Ibadan, to encourage research and scholarly work in field of Geological surveys and the one at the Ambrose  Alli University, Ekpoma in Edo State and as well as inculcating an entrepreneurial spirit and also encourage skill in Nigeria wing in the rural and urban centers. Imomoh  says that the foundation is yet to get sponsors for these chairs as he says that he is really pleased to announce that they remained committed to offering scholarship to 3 MSC student from the University of Ibadan yearly. The guest lecturer for the 15^th Aret Adams Memorial Lecture series 2018 Engr. Anthony Ogbugwe past President Africa Refiners Association and as well as the Managing Consultant.

PEJAB Nig Ltd, of a truth the did not disappoint the elists audience with his lucidness and carriage with which he scholarly delivered the topic titled.

(Refineries In Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities) when he rose up, flood of questions and comments were raised by the educated audience. The chairman of the event Dr. Obaseki did contribute scholarly by deftly providing answers to most questions raised while Engr. Ogbuigwe did also answer most of the questions educatively. Speaking with journalists the Spouse of Engr. Ogbuigwe Mrs. Ogbuigwe  said that the Aret Adams lecture topic is sweet and bitter, sweet in the sense the federal government ought to have provided the dividends of democracy for the down trodden masses but very bitterly the same federal government has colossally failed all Nigerians by not providing the necessary dividends of democracy, and sadly by so doing there has been lots of eliminates around the nooks and crannies of the federation the spouse of Aret Adams, Mrs. Izarene Adams presented the plagues of  appeared to the chairman of the event or

Ogbugwe the daughter of Aret Adams Mrs. Enikele a board of trustees member delivered the vote of thanks on behalf of the foundation