The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has removed the Managing Directors of its three state-owned refineries and instructed management staff who have less than a year left before retirement to proceed on exit. This marks a significant shake-up at the company.
In an effort to reorganize the company under new leadership, some personnel have been promoted to replace the outgoing staff. The affected employees were notified of their removal via individual emails, though the exact number of those impacted remains unclear.
It has been confirmed that Ibrahim Onoja, Managing Director of the Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited (PHRC), Dr. Mustafa Sugungun, Managing Director of the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC), and Efifia Chu, Managing Director of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited (WRPC), have all been removed. The replacements for these positions have not been officially announced.
This restructuring follows the earlier dismissal of Mele Kyari, the former Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of NNPC, along with the company’s board, and the appointment of former Shell Nigeria CEO, Bayo Ojulari, as the new head of the national oil company. Additionally, Bala Wunti, the former Chief Upstream Investment Officer at the National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), who was reassigned to head the HSC office in Abuja, is also no longer with the company.
A senior insider confirmed the staff changes but dismissed claims that they were aimed at removing loyalists of the former GCEO. Some senior staff have already been promoted as part of the reshuffle, which also displaced heads of the crude trading, Human Resources, and Relationship and Stakeholder Management departments. These positions have been filled internally, and the changes have led to upward mobility within the organization.
Source : https://guardian.ng/
