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BREAKING: NNPCL Sacks Management Staff
Fred Omotara, Lagos
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has sent all management staff with less than 15 months to statutory retirement on compulsory early retirement.
A statement signed by the NNPCL management on Monday, September 18, 2023 and posted on its X handle (formerly Twitter) early Tuesday morning stated that the early retirement takes immediate effect from Tuesday, September 19, 2023.
It added that the decision became imperative in order to pursue effective organisational renewal to support the delivery of NNPCL’s strategic business objectives.
“In our bid to pursue effective organizational renewal to support the delivery of our strategic business objectives, it has become imperative to rejuvenate our workforce.
“Consequently, in addition to the recent exit of three Executive Vice Presidents, other Management Staff with less than fifteen (15) months to statutory retirement will be exiting the Company effective 19th September 2023.
“This is in line with our commitment to scale up NNPC Ltd’s capabilities through targeted talent management and equal opportunity for all Nigerians,” the oil company stated.
It will be recallsled that a couple of days ago on September 17, 2023, NNPCL announced the appointments new Executive Vice Presidents to spearhead critical sections of the company.
Oritsemeyiwa A. Eyesan was appointed Executive Vice President for the Upstream sector, Olalekan Ogunleye for Gas, Power, and New Energy, and Adedapo A. Segun for the Downstream sector.