NRSC, GES laud Vivo Energy for spearheading road safety education

National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) and the Ghana Education Service (GES)have commended Vivo Energy Ghana, an oil marketing company behind the Shell brand in Ghana, for championing its annual road safety and capacity-building workshop for teachers in Accra.

The programme, under Vivo Energy Ghana’s flagship road safety programme dubbed “My Road Safety, My Life” was organised in collaboration with the NRSC and GES, and involved a theoretical workshop, an interactive discussion, an exhibition and practical demonstrations of safe behaviour when crossing the road. This is the 3rd edition of the programme, and it was expanded to include 30 schools.

Acting as the Chairperson of the programme, the Greater Accra Deputy Regional Director for Education, Mrs. Bernice Ofori, had the following to say:

“This programme is exactly what we need! Indeed, our children’s lives are at risk when they are on the road. It is important that we make every effort to educate our children on road safety because you never know the potential that could be cut off from the world because of an accident. Thank you Vivo Energy Ghana for this initiative,” said Mrs. Ofori.

Mrs. Catherine Hamilton, the Greater Accra Regional Manager for the NRSC was also full of praise for the company. “As the lead agency in road safety, we are delighted and thankful to Vivo Energy Ghana for its tremendous support to National Road Safety Commission in the form of result oriented programmes and training activities targeted at promoting child safety in the Greater Accra region,” she said.

In a speech read on his behalf, the Managing Director of Vivo Energy Ghana, Mr. Ebenezer Faulkner emphasised why Vivo Energy Ghana has taken on road safety, especially that of children, as one of its core community investment focus areas.

“Road traffic accidents continue to pose severe challenges to the socio-economic development of this nation. The safety of children on the road – either as pedestrians, passengers or as cyclists – continues to be of concern to Vivo Energy Ghana, The company has therefore taken this initiative to partner with the National Road Safety Commission and the Ghana Education Service to further advance road safety education among school children,” said Mr. Faulkner.

The 2016 winner of the Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility award at the 2016 Ghana Oil and Gas Awards, Vivo Energy Ghana’s involvement in ensuring safer roads for all goes back several years. Past initiatives include the mounting of lollipop stands and zebra crossings outside schools along high-risk roads; defensive driving training of commercial drivers; the donation of an alcohol metre to the Achimota Bus Terminal; helmet donation and road safety education for over 500 motorbike users in the Greater Accra and Northern regions, and many more initiatives.

About Vivo Energy

With a vision to become Africa’s most respected energy business Vivo Energy Ghana, the company that distributes and markets Shell-branded fuels and lubricants, was established in 2013. The Shell brand has been in Ghana since 1928.

Vivo Energy Ghana has a fuels storage capacity of 11,000m³ and 210 service stations, with many offering Shell Cards and convenience retail stores.

Vivo Energy Ghana employs 146 people. The company is recognised as a leader in the oil industry, championing and setting standards for safety.

Vivo Energy provides high quality solutions for motorists and businesses in Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Mauritius, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Tunisia and Uganda. Its retail offering includes fuels, lubricants, card services, shops and other non-fuel services (e.g. oil change and car wash).

For businesses it provides fuels, lubricants and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to business customers across a range of sectors including marine, mining, and manufacturing. Jet fuel is sold to customers at 23 airports though a partnership with Vitol Aviation.

The company employs around 2,370 people, operates over 1,740 retail service stations under the Shell brand and has access to approximately 900,000 cubic metres of fuel storage capacity. Shell and Vivo Lubricants has blending capacity of around 124,000 metric tonnes at plants in six countries (Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Morocco, and Tunisia) producing Shell branded lubricants.