Nigeria’s oil and gas sector’s top unions have broken their silence over the controversial reports on the disengagement of the Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari and Group Executive Director F&A, Mr. Umar Ajiya from the services of the old Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and their subsequent appointment to commence new tenure as Group CEO and CFO at the new NNPC Limited.
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) made their positions known in a joint statement on Tuesday by the General Secretaries Afolabi Olawale, and Lumugba Okwugbawa, respectively.