In defence of Malam Mele Kyari
Calls for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) Malam Mele Kyari to be removed are both ill-founded and misplaced. As NNPCL’s top executive, Kyari has shown extraordinary vision and leadership to guide the business through difficult conditions and towards meeting important benchmarks. Under Kyari’s leadership, NNPCL has witnessed unprecedented […]
Calls for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) Malam Mele Kyari to be removed are both ill-founded and misplaced. As NNPCL’s top executive, Kyari has shown extraordinary vision and leadership to guide the business through difficult conditions and towards meeting important benchmarks.
Under Kyari’s leadership, NNPCL has witnessed unprecedented openness with public financial statement disclosure and rigorous adherence to world-class best practices. These acts have, among the stakeholders, encouraged more responsibility and confidence.
Kyari has also effectively lowered costs and raised production by initiating several projects meant to improve operational efficiency. Among these projects are innovative technology and procedures that have revolutionised NNPCL’s activities.
Kyari has also successfully diversified NNPC’s income streams and so lessening the reliance on crude oil sales and greatly increasing investments in gas, electricity, and renewable energy.
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This calculated change has put the company in a position aimed toward long-term sustainability. Moreover, Kyari has developed close bonds with important players such as host communities, state governments, and foreign partners, thereby improving cooperation and teamwork.
Kyari has faced great obstacles notwithstanding these successes. The COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical concerns have brought unheard disruptions to the world’s oil market, therefore affecting NNPCL’s operations and income.
Kyari inherited a corporation ripe with problems including corruption, inefficiencies and antiquated infrastructure. Furthermore, endangering NNPCL’s operations and profits are security issues like pipeline vandalism and oil theft. Dealing with these difficulties calls for time, capital and labour.
The success of NNPCL depends on consistency and stability in leadership. Kyari has shown his capacity to lead the corporation towards a better future. And as such, demands for his sacking are both unfair and premature, given his noteworthy achievements. Instead of pointing out mistakes, we should highlight his achievements so far and support him in building on them.
Engr. Magaji Da’u Aliyu (PhD) Aliyu wrote from Abuja