New promotions and appointments made by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation this week reflect geo-political balance and fairness, THE WHISTLER investigation has shown.
Among officers appointed and promoted to new positions, 12 are from the North-East, 13 from the North-West, 8 from the North-Central, 11 from the South-East, 12 from the South-South and 12 from the South-West.
In all, the South has a share of 35 persons out of 68 promoted or appointed into new positions with the North having 33.
Also, out of the 68 top officers that got appointments and promotions, 17 are females while 51 are males.
THE WHISTLER had exclusively reported on Monday about an impending management shake-up in the corporation that would lead to the reshuffle of top-management staff, appointment and promotion of top officers.
The NNPC management had also on Tuesday released an internal memo ,which confirmed the shake-up.
The memo addressed to staff, seen by THE WHISTLER, said President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the redeployment, appointment and retirement of some staff as part of commitments to repositioning the corporation for delivery of the TAPE Agenda and “key strategic priorities.”
The memo, which advised all staff to support the newly appointed and redeployed staff, also stated that all handover activities were expected to be concluded by Thursday, 12th March 2020.
According to the memo, staff to be retired with effect from 6th March are those on Grade Levels M3 and M4 while appointments and redeployments would be into positions on Grade Levels M2 to M4,“where their competences can be best utilized for the benefit of the Corporation and the Nation at large.”
Part of the memo reads:
In line with our commitment to repositioning the Corporation for delivery of the TAPE Agenda and our key strategic priorities, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces has approved implementation of the following actions, with effect from 6th March, 2020:
- Retirement of some staff on Grade Levels M3 and M4 with effect from 6th March, 2020.
- Appointment and redeployment of Management staff into positions on Grade Levels M2 to M4, where their competences can be best utilized for the benefit of the Corporation and the Nation at large.
All handover activities are expected to be concluded by Thursday, 12th March 2020.
Sources had told this website that some of the new postings include that of the current Chief Operating Officer, Upstream, Roland Ewubare, who was moved to Ventures and Business Development while the COO Downstream, Adeyemi Adetunji, had been moved to Upstream.
Also, the Managing Director, Petroleum Products Marketing Company, Bala Wunti, was moved to the National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) as Group General Manager while the current GGM, NAPIMS, Musa Lawan, became the MD of PPMC.
Also, former COO, Ventures, Lawrencia Ndupu, has become COO, Downstream.
Reports from the NNPC showed that many of the appointees assumed the positions on Thursday.
