NNPCL sacks Port Harcourt, Warri, Kaduna MDs, others

The caller absorption and committee of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, led by its Group Chief Executive Officer, Bayo Ojulari, and Musa Ahmadu-Kida, arsenic enforcement non-chairman, person reportedly sacked the managing directors of the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries operated by the state-owned firm.

Also, immoderate elder officials of NNPCL person been shown the exit door, among them is Bala Wunti, a erstwhile main of the National Petroleum Investment Management Services, a subsidiary of NNPCL.

This comes arsenic the caller absorption besides asked galore officials with 1 twelvemonth to their assorted status dates to leave.

Reliable sources astatine the NNPCL who preferred anonymity confirmed the managerial shake-up to DAILY POST connected Tuesday night.

The root said, “These radical are MDs of Port Harcourt Refining Company, Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company, and the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company.

“So you cognize much connected the issue, immoderate different elder managers were asked to permission arsenic well”, the root stated.

Also, different authoritative of the institution confirmed this, stating that “Bala Wunti was besides told to leave. Several of them who person a twelvemonth to status were asked to go. Maryam Idrisu was appointed Managing Director of NNPC Trading.”

However, the Spokesperson of NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, is yet to respond to enquiry connected the shake-up arsenic of the clip of filing this report.

Recall that successful April 2025, President Bola Tinubu sacked Mele Kyari and Chief Pius Akinyelure arsenic GCEO and Chairman of the Board and replaced them with Ojulari and Ahmadu-Kinda.

The sack came amid reports of abysmal show of Port Harcourt and Warri refineries aft their rehabilitation past year.

Despite the announcement of accumulation of petroleum products astatine the Port Harcourt refinery, the works had operated beneath 50 percent.

More changes followed the revelation that the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company has remained unopen since January 25, 2025, owed to information issues successful its Crude Distillation Unit Main Heater.

Recall that an April 2025 papers from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority revealed that the refinery, which gulped $897.6 cardinal successful attraction costs, failed to nutrient Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) and was unopen down hardly a period aft erstwhile NNPCL boss, Kyari, declared it operational.