Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, on Tuesday, announced the sacking of top management staff who have less than 15 months to retire.
This is coming days after NNPCL announced the removal and replacement of three of the its Executive Vice Presidents.
Among those affected by the previous shakeup were Abdulkabir Ahmed, who was formerly in charge of gas, power and new energies; Adokiye Tombomieye, head of the upstream segment and Adeyemi Adetunji, former head of the downstream.
They were however replaced with Olalekan Ogunleye as EVP gas, power and new energies; Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan for the company’s upstream operations, while Adedapo Segun took charge of the downstream.
The oil company, in a brief statement, stated that the latest reshuffling was in line with its aspiration to rejuvenate its workforce.
The statement read, “In our bid to pursue effective organisational renewal to support the delivery of our strategic business objectives, it has become imperative to rejuvenate our workforce.
“Consequently, in addition to the recent exit of three executive vice presidents, other members of management staff with less than 15 months to statutory retirement will be exiting the company effective 19th September 2023.”
