Shake-up at Nigeria's National Petroleum Company: 200 Employees Encouraged to Call it Quits
NNPC urges employees with one year left until retirement to submit their resignation letters.
Get the latest scoop from our website: the NNPCL has reportedly encouraged around 200 staff members, who are nearing retirement, to tender their resignations.
This decision was made following the dismissal of several top guns, including the Group Managing Directors of National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) stations in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna, all of whom were let go on a Wednesday.
As of now, a detailed list of the affected staff is yet to be released, but according to insider intel, personnel with just one year left on their service have been advised to hang up their boots.
"Here's the deal - aside from Bala Wunti (former NAPIMS chief) and the trio of refinery GMDs, NNPCL is asking employees with only a year left to retire," revealed a moley source to the Nation.
Another anonymous source shed some light, stating that "Bala Wunti wasn't actually sacked, he retired. He was due to retire next year as well."
To date, NNPCL's Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, hasn't confirmed the news.
It's said that the NNPCL CEO, Bashir Bayo Ojulari, was the one who gave the pink slip to Wunti and the managing director of the Port Harcourt Refinery, Onoja, as part of a management reshuffle.
After taking charge, Ojulari has already made a few changes in the top brass. Just last month, he announced an eight-member management team on April 4.
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- The ongoing reshuffle at Nigeria's National Petroleum Company (NNPCL) has extended to the refinery heads, as reported by our latest update.
- A significant number of employees, including those with less than a year left on their service, have been asked to retire or resign from the NNPCL under the current management.
- In addition to the sacking of Bala Wunti, the former NAPIMS chief, and the managing directors of refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna, many more seem to be affected by the recent exodus at the NNPCL.
- The dismissal of these high-ranking officials and the call for early retirement of other employees comes after the new NNPCL CEO, Bashir Bayo Ojulari, took charge and announced an eight-member management team in April.
- career-oriented individuals may want to keep an eye on the ongoing changes at the NNPCL, as the restructuring could potentially open up new opportunities in various business and finance fields within the company.
