The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC yesterday explained why it asked 38 of its senior managers to go.
Explaining the gale of sacks that saw the exit of all senior managers and the reduction of 122 managerial offices to 84, the corporation said those who were billed to retire between now and December next year were asked to go as a cost-saving measure.
He noted that the task of restructuring the NNPC into a lean, efficient, and business-focused organisation has commenced with management’s approval of the retirement of thirty-eight senior managers.
In a statement by its spokesman Ohi Algebe, the NNPC said: ”The exercise, apart from gearing the Corporation in the direction of a leaner and more efficient organisation, has enormous cost-saving benefits”.
In a related development, the Group Managing Director, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, with the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari, has appointed new Group General Managers (GGMs) to man some of NNPC subsidiaries.
Some of the new GGMs include: Mr. Mele Kyari (Crude Oil Marketing Division COMD); Mr. Ahmadu Sambo (NNPC Oilfield Services); Dr. Surajdeen Bola Afolabi (ITD/SAP); Mr. Zubair Aliyu (NNPC Capital); Mr. Dafe Sejebor (Nigerian Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS); Mrs. Kemi Akitoye (Human Resources Division); Mr. Godwin C. Okonkwo (Finance); Mr. Bello Rabiu (Corporate Planning Division); Mr. Anibo Kragha (Treasury) and Mr. Dalhatu Makama, Shipping (Nidas & Nikorma).
Others appointed are: Mr. Samuel Ndukwe (Power); Mr. Mike Balami (GGM, Accounts); Mr. Yusuf Matashi (LNG); Mr. Rabiu Suleiman (Engineering & Technology) and Dr. Olubunmi Oyetunde; (Medical).
Dr. Kachikwu said he had introduced a three-phased reorganisation that will see the sack of more personnel and the deployment others in the corporation.
Speaking after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, he said three stages of restructuring would take place in the NNPC.
According to him, the new look NNPC would start manifesting in the next six months.
He said: “I don’t want to over critique an institution I have taken over. Having said that, things have been done wrongly and things need to be done differently.
“We are doing a lot of work in terms of repositioning, restructuring, getting the right personal in key places and setting a culture of accountability and service delivery so that the new NNPC that you are going to see will be a different institution altogether.”
Explaining what he called the phased reorganisation, he said: “Complete. It’s A to Z restructuring. I have done the first three layers which are going to the GEDs to GGMs and general managers.
“You are going to have a lot more now. The GEDs and GGMs will take it to the next layer which is the lower layer. And the whole idea is to go back to being able to look at your appraisals; how well have you done in the job and if you’ve done very well, how do we elevate you to a position where you can offer more service?
“If you’ve not done well enough, we can retrain you and if you’ve not done well enough and there is no possibility of retraining you, we will let you go.
“At the end of the day, NNPC isn’t public service. It’s a corporation and we run like a company generating money for the people of Nigeria. And so, that whole concept of anything goes should stop. And this is the first stage of that whole process. It’s a three-pronged process that I am pursuing. There’s a people aspect which we are dealing with now; there is a process aspect; after the people at the right places, you are going to get forensic audit done so that we know clearly, proper forensic audit that will cover us all the way to 2014, 2015, that will be able to say to you, this is the state of the company.”
Also speaking, Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa said: “We came to thank Mr. President for the appointment of the GMD of NNPC, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu who you know is from Delta State even if you know he got that appointment by merit, he is still a Deltan.
“And we thought we should appreciate that. Then beyond that, we are all aware of the Gas City Project in Delta State at Ogidigben, in the excravos and we thought that we needed to bring it to the knowledge of Mr. President that, that project which is a public private partnership (PPP) project is something that will create a lot of jobs for Nigerians and thought that there was the need for that project to be given some strength and we believe it is in the interest of Nigeria and Delta State that that project is carried out.
“Beyond that too, you are also aware that the Warri Port has come alive and even with the refinery that has started, the Port activities have improved, but there is a problem because of the excravos basin, the centation that has been going on for some years, it is quite some problem, and because of that, we have a low drought. We believe that the dredging of the excravos bar would help to improve the port activities and improve the size of cargos that come to the Warri port and Warri port is very personal to the rest of the Southsouth, the Southeast and the North Central and we think that it will turn to an economic hub, if we are able to dredge the excravos bar.”
He said he also reminded Mr. President about the Second Niger Bridge, which is another Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement and the need for the Federal Government to ensure that the arrangement was strengthened.
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