A outstanding member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Engr Abdullahi Hashim, has lauded President Bola Tibubu’s appointments of the Group Chief Govt Officer (GCEO) of Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted (NNPCL), Engr Bayo Ojulari and the Non Govt Chairman of the corporate’s Board, Engr Ahmadu Kida.
He added that Tinubu’s appointments of Ojulari, Kida and different members of the board have been a step in the fitting path.
In his message to Tinubu cited by NewsWatch.com.ng on Friday, April, Hashim added that the duo, who’re engineers with excessive distinction, now have the chance to remodel the nationwide agency to worthwhile enterprise.
Hashim, who can be an alumnus of prestigious Harvard College and a member of Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), said this throughout an interview with journalists in Abuja on Monday.
He additional recommended Tinubu for guaranteeing that people with huge engineering, technical and management expertise would handle the NNPCL affairs, saying that the brand new management would usher in a transformative period for the nationwide agency, fostering effectivity, transparency, and innovation within the oil and gasoline sector.
Hashim stated:
It’s instructive to notice that Ojulari, who hails from Kwara State, is an alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria with a level in Mechanical Engineering.
He’s additionally a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE Nigeria Council) whereas Kida, who comes from Borno State, holds an engineering diploma from ABU and a postgraduate diploma in petroleum engineering from the French Petroleum Institute.
Talking on the competence of Ojulari and Kida to show across the fortunes of the NNPCL, Hashim stated he’s assured that his two skilled colleagues will reside as much as expectations and obtain the targets set for them by President Tinubu.
He stated ,
“Everyone knows that oil business is risky and fairly difficult. Former GCEO, Mele Kyari and his administration group have accomplished their greatest. Ojulari, Kida and the brand new administration group are actually in cost and can use their experience and huge information of oil business to take us ahead in our quest to maximise the benefits of being one of many world’s producers of crude oil.
Hashim additional disclosed that with the wealth of expertise of Ojulari and Kida, the stage is now set for the NNPCL to witness dynamic development for the constructive growth of the nation.
Tinubu had throughout the appointments of Ojulari and Kida, handed out a right away motion plans to the brand new administration board to conduct a strategic portfolio evaluate of NNPCL-operated and three way partnership property to make sure alignment with worth maximisation aims.
The President additional requested the brand new NNPCL administration group to envisions rising the nation’s funding to $30 billion by 2027 and $60 billion by 2030.
A press release by the Spokesman to the President, Mr Bayo Onanuga, additionally outlined Tinubu’s expectations from Ojulari and Kida, saying that, “Since 2023, the Tinubu administration has carried out oil sector reforms to draw funding.
Supply: NewsWatch.com.ng
