Our refineries will now make profits — NNPC
The Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, stated that its ongoing restructuring
was designed to reposition its operations and refineries to profit-making
ventures.
This was even as the NNPC denied claims
that it was pursuing an ethnic agenda in the ongoing restructuring of the
corporation.
The NNPC, in a statement issued after an
interactive session with the top management of the Corporation in Abuja,
disclosed that it is poised to ensure that all its refineries are run
efficiently and profitably to meet the energy needs of the country.
Speaking at the forum, Group Managing
Director of the NNPC, Mr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, stated that the days when the
Corporation was perceived as a civil service organization instead of a
Corporation were over.
According to him, the Corporate Service
Unit and all the Strategic Business Units of the NNPC would henceforth be run
as profit centers.
To this end, Kachikwu solicited the
support of the management of the NNPC and its subsidiaries in closing the
skills gap and in turning the fortunes of the Corporation around.
He stated that efforts are in top gear
to create a conducive working environment for members of staff, adding that for
the NNPC to transform into a profit center like its peers in other climes, the
morale of the work force must be high.
He urged the management to provide
leadership by example to the workforce while adding that sectionalism,
tribalism and any form of non-transparent transactions must be completely
stamped out of the NNPC.
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