The Director of Petroleum Resources, Engr. Sarki Auwalu has inaugurated the network code operationalisation teams for the full implementation of the Nigeria Gas Transportation Network Code (NGTNC) which was recently launched by the Honorable Minister of State Petroleum Resources with a six-month mandate to go live.
The Director in his address at the virtual inauguration ceremony stated that the major objective of the industry wide and highly proficient teams was to provide the needed impetus for the full operationalisation of the network code.
He reiterated that basic regulatory instruments for the operationalisation of the network code like licence regime and administrative system will be expedited by DPR before the go-live ministerial mandate and also the operational readiness of the gas transmission system as well as migration of extant agreements into the network code by the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) will be concluded to align with the go-live date.
Engr. Sarki further stated that the constitution of the teams of experts was a product of extensive consultation and he was confident that they will perform beyond expectation to help in the accelerated development and maturation of the Nigerian domestic gas sector.
He thanked the leadership and members of the NNPC, GACN, NGA, OPTS and DPR gas team for their commitment towards the successful operationalisation of the network code.
The inaugurated teams with their Terms of Reference (TOR) are as follows:
Team 1: NC Operationalisation Technical Working Team (NCO-TWT)
Ayuba Steve DPR-Team Lead
Duruji Elvis DPR
Mungadi Ahmad DPR
Aisha Ibrahim DPR-Scribe
Ohwomado Andrew  NGC
Muhammed Isa NGC
Olanrewaju Lukman NGC
Terms of Reference:
Establish System readiness for full operationalisation of NGTNC
Articulate the technical modalities for the successful migration of existing Gas Transport Agreements (GTAs) to network code
Develop a framework for providing effective stakeholder support for all technical and regulatory issues for effective operationalisation of network code
Develop a framework for effective monitoring of the performance of network code and impact on the domestic gas market segment
Develop a periodic network code reporting template for submission to the network code steering committee
Review domestic gas market impact of NGTNC post full operationalisation of the code
Team 2: NC Operationalisation Commercial/Legal Working team (NCO-CLWT)
Gberindyer Terkula NGC-Team Lead
Kingston Chikwendu DPR
Ohwodiasa Mabel NGC
Mathias Yetti  NGC
Eremutha Augustine NGC
Maisule Hadiza DPR
Ali Garba Ali DPR
Ramatu Abdullahi DPR
Terms of Reference:
Articulate the legal modalities and identify/resolve any legal encumbrance for the successful migration of all existing Gas Transportation Agreements (GTA’s) to NC
Review the tariff methodology and values for all envisaged payments/charges on the code
Analyse and make recommendation on issue of payment in dollar or naira for the network tariffs and charges
Team 3: NC Operationalisation Steering/Governance Committee (NCO-SGC)
Director/CEO, DPR Chairman
MD , NGC Member
Head, Gas DPR Member
Head, Legal DPR Member
Terms of Reference:
Direct the activities required for full operationalisation of the NGTNC
Administer governance oversight of the NGTNC technical, Commercial and Legal working committees
Interface with Honourable Minister of State Petroleum Resources on NC and provide strategic market update on impact/performance of NC
