The two major oil and gas workers’ unions – the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) – have rejected the recruitment of external personnel into the top management positions in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), describing it as unacceptable.
NUPENG and PENGASSAN stated this in a letter dated April 4, 2025, written by their Group Executive Council (GEC) at the NNPC, and addressed to the Chief Human Resource Officer of the NNPCL.
The Presidents of PENGASSAN and NUPENG, NNPCL’s Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), as well as the Executive Vice President, Business Services, were also copied the letter.
The letter sighted by THISDAY, was jointly signed by PENGASSAN’s GEC Secretary and Chairman, Amaoge Chukwudi and Solomon Orieji, as well as NUPENG’s GEC Secretary and Chairman, Paulosa O. Paulosa and Baba Kaumi, respectfully.
President Bola Tinubu had last Wednesday dissolved the NNPC board led by Chief Pius Akinyelure and the GCEO, Mallam Mele Kyari.
The president immediately reconstituted an 11-man board dominated by seasoned oil and gas professionals.
He appointed a former Deputy Managing Director of TotalEnergies, Mr. Musa Kida as the new board chairman and former Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), Mr. Bayo Ojulari as the new GCEO.
Upon their resumption of duty and in continuation of the reforms and restructuring, the national oil company on Friday announced some key changes in its top management with recruitment of other seasoned industry professionals into some executive positions.
The new experienced external personnel recruited into the NNPC top management included former Chief Operating Officer of NNPC/ex-Schlumberger, Mr. Roland Ewubare as new Group Chief Operating Officer; ex-Vice Chairman of ExxonMobil, Adesua Dozie, as Company Secretary and Chief Legal Officer.
Also picked was ex-Chief Strategy Officer of Riverbrand Group, Dr Mumuni Dagazau as the new Executive Vice President (EVP), Downstream
