Photo caption: GCEO NNPC Ltd, Mr Bashir Bayo Ojulari Photo: NNPCL
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Bayo Ojulari, on Thursday, declared that he is not a politician, saying that he will have to learn a bit more about politics.
He stated this on Thursday while receiving a delegation of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, led by its President, Festus Osifo, at the NNPCL headquarters in Abuja.
He said, “I’m not hiding from anybody. I’m not a politician. I will have to learn a bit more about politics, but for me, it is a development plan, and I’m ready to learn.”
Ojulari stressed that the company was working to revive moribund refineries to operate at full capacity, disclosing that management was considering adopting the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas model.
The NNPCL boss also raised concerns over threats to his life and those of some members of the company’s management.
Ojulari said his major “offence” was the reforms he introduced in the oil and gas sector in line with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to revive the country’s ailing refineries, adding that some powerful interests were plotting to unseat him.
Despite what he described as attempts to intimidate him, Ojulari insisted that he remained focused on ensuring the success of the refinery rehabilitation plan.
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