The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has expressed confidence in his incoming successor, Mele Kyari.
He spoke on Friday when he paid the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Abubakar Mohammed Adamu, a farewell visit at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. Baru used the visit to introduce Kyari to the police boss.
A statement by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of NNPC, Ndu Ughamadu, quoted Baru as expressing his appreciation to the IGP for his support and for the professionalism the police have shown in fighting crime and insecurity in the country.
“Kyari will improve on my performance. He has been part of my team and I thank God Mr. President has appointed him. I have no doubt about his capacity to deliver,” he said.
The outgoing GMD assured the IGP of NNPC’s continued support.
The statement said the IGP responded by telling Baru that: “We are going to miss your experience.
“You are so easy to access, you put the interest of the country first throughout your service years, so I congratulate you.”
He pledged to sustain the existing working relationship between the police and NNPC, especially in the area of oil and gas asset security.
Kyari’s appointment takes effect 8 July as the 19th head of the National Oil Company.
Until his appointment, Kyari, a geologist, was Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division of NNPC and also doubled, since 13th May, 2018, as Nigeria’s National Representative to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC.
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