The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has launched its digitisation initiative for Downstream operations under the ‘Automated Downstream System’ (ADS) program. According to a statement by Head of Public Affairs, DPR, Mr Paul Osu, and made available to the Tribune Online, on Thursday, the digitisation initiative is designed to improve overall efficiency and accelerate DPR Downstream Regulatory performance by reducing application processing time, enhance transparency, provide platform for accurate Downstream statistics, integrate with other stakeholders for document verification purposes and improve revenue collection. “The ADS is in line with DPR’s alignment with government’s ease of doing business policy which is geared towards economic growth. With the automated downstream system in place, the DPR will no longer accept manual processing of Downstream applications as all applications for licenses and permits have been migrated to digital platforms. The digitisation initiatives of the DPR are integrated into the Corporate Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application system which is the platform for business system automation.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 30, 2020 18:22 UTC