Strategic Plan Development and Implementation (SPDI)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The University Strategic Plan is a premiere comprehensive strategic roadmap developed by the University with the intent of steering the University along sequential/orderly growth and development. It is a five-year well-laid out plan in line with global best practices.
The Plan encapsulates an-all round institutional re-engineering and re-positioning programmes put together to make the University remain relevant and strategic in the face of the increasing global challenges. The Plan aims to build a University where the needs and challenges of the nation and the world at large dictate the contents and pedagogy of the relevant programmes.
To actualize this vision, the University conducted an in-depth audit of its programmes, processes, infrastructures as well as the immediate and global environment using SWOT analytical tools.
The University in addition to the existing infrastructures and programmes had proposed new colleges, departments and academic programmes to boost its desire to achieve its aims and goals as stated in this blueprint. Some of the proposed colleges, departments and academic programmes include but not limited to the following:
Colleges
- Computing Science
- Environmental Design & Management
- Petroleum Management & Policy Studies
Departments
- Natural Gas Engineering
- Petrochemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Production Engineering
- Mechatronics Engineering
- Statistics
- Science Laboratory
- Industrial Physics
- Industrial Mathematics
- Petrophysics
- Health, Environmental, Safety & Security
In addition, the University will pursue programmes leading to the award of professional Master’s Degree in
- Engineering Management
- Oil & Gas Management
- Environmental Policy and Regulation
- Fuel & Energy
The University will further pursue programmes leading to the award of professional certificate in
- Supply Chain Management
- Environmental Modeling
- Energy Finance
- Pipeline Engineering
- Environmental Risk Management
- Process Safety Management
- Environmental Scarcity and National Security
- Carbon Capture Market and Climate Change Dynamics
- Gas Reservoir Improvement Techniques
To guarantee proper implementation of this Plan, roles and responsibilities have been clearly defined along with a formal process for monitoring and evaluation as well as reporting and accountability.
The estimated budget for the Plan is One Hundred and Sixteen Billion, Two Hundred and Sixty Million, Nine Hundred and Eighty-nine Thousand, Six Hundred and Eighty-Two Naira only (N 116,260,989,682.00). with an annual average cost of Twenty-Three Billion, Two Hundred and Fifty-Two Million, One Hundred and Ninety-Seven Thousand, Nine Hundred and Thirty-Six Naira, Forty Kobo (N 23,252, 197,936. 40k).
The University will source funds for the execution of the Plan from the following platforms: Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources, NCDMB, TETFUND, PTDF, MDAs, Donor Agencies, Multinational Oil & Gas Companies, Budgetary provisions by Government and the internally generated revenue.
In pursuit of the goals and objectives of the University’s Strategic Plan, Council is expected to ensure commitment to it and lead in resources mobilization to translate the objectives to concrete terms. The University Management, led by the Vice-Chancellor will engage in strategic management of the resources by cutting down on leakages and wastages.
The Strategic Plan of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun 2020-2025), is the first plan articulated by the Management of the University to steer the direction of the institution in the next five years. The plan encapsulates an-all round institutional re-engineering and re-positioning to face the increasing global changes and shifting national priorities. There is no better time than now for universities to take their destinies in their hands. The responsibilities of the Government will continue to increase in leaps and bounds while allocation of funds to the various sectors will continue to dwindle in the real value term. The onus, therefore, lies on Managers of universities to devise ingenious methods to meet the shortfalls without compromising on the quality of services they render and at the same time remain change agents.
It is on this note that I would like to commend the pace-setting efforts of the former Vice-Chancellor, Prof. A. O. Akii Ibhadode, who started this process and the incumbent Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh and his formidable team for putting together the plan in this book form. The goals set forth are lofty and indeed, achievable dreams, given the present momentum. The success of the Strategic Plan, therefore, rests on the leadership and the ability to mobilise and deploy both human and material resources to translate these dreams into spectacular realities.
The Strategic Plan will cost N116, 260, 989, 682.00 for the entire five years while an average of N23, 252, 197, 936.40 is needed on a yearly basis. This is against the backdrop of our current annual income of N1, 634, 177, 600.00. It is obvious from this that we have lots of work to do.
If this plan is rigidly executed our University, come 2025, will be one of the best 500 universities in the world. Therefore, the activities in the Plan are not for the shelf but printed on our hearts as our daily passions until the last aspiration becomes a reality. We need to eschew what has divided us and work together as indivisible team; we must foster the spirit of team work and strive for excellence in all our endearvours. The Governing Council, under my leadership, identifies with the aspirations in this Strategic Plan Document and pledges our synergy with Management to take the University to the Zenith it has envisioned in this Strategic Plan.
I whole heartedly recommend the Strategic Plan to all and sundry and particularly call on our stakeholders to lend us the benefits of their special positions.
Thank you.
I was a member of the Central Strategic Planning Committee that produced this document during the tenure of my immediate predecessor, Prof. A. O. Akii Ibhadode, the 3rd substantive Vice-Chancellor (2015-2020) of the University. The priorities set in the Plan remain the main thrusts of this present administration. Our responsibility is so great and crucial that we cannot afford to let down the University and her stakeholders.
Our desire is to translate this Plan into action. On assumption of duty in May 4, 2020, we hit the ground running with ease because I have had the privilege to work closely with my predecessor and have documented gaps in both human and infrastructure in the University. The avalanche of projects under construction now attests to that commitment.
This publication is the first 5-year plan and it is meant to run from 2020 to 2025. The University has taken some giant strides at making the institution a Centre of Excellence for the production of technopreneurs and high- level manpower for oil and gas sector.
It is my belief that this action plan would chart the course for sustainable development and consolidate on our recent accomplishments. The University secured full accreditation for all its programmes by both the National Universities Commission (NUC) and Council for Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) making FUPRE undergraduate and post-graduate programmes highly competitive.
This action plan will serve as a motivating force for our highly experienced staff members and researchers as we strive to combine substantial industry experience to deliver quality teaching and researches. The Plan also encapsulates systematic infrastructural development roadmap to inspire a friendly and challenging atmosphere and evolve an academic culture that is driven by creativity and innovation, where students are trained with world-class facilities. We will also make deliberate effort to foster collaboration between gown and town.
I wish to commend the effort of the former Vice-Chancellor, Prof. A. O. Akii Ibhadode for the initiative and the members of the University Central Strategic Planning Committee for articulating this action plans to help the University in her bid to mobilize and strategically deploy resources to produce technopreneur graduates.
One of the bold steps this Management has taken to demonstrate commitment to the goals and objectives set forth in this Plan is the establishment of the Directorate of Strategic Plan, Development and Implementation Unit in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor. This Unit in synergy with all staff will drive the implementation of the Plan. I solicit the support and partnership of all stakeholders from both the public and private sectors, most especially those that operate within the oil and gas industry.
