Tag: Kyari
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NNPC GMD, Kyari speaks on increasing fuel queues in Abuja, others
Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari on Tuesday assured that the long queues experienced at fuel stations in Abuja and other parts of the country would soon disappear. Kyari gave the assurance on Tuesday while speaking with State House Correspondents, after a routine briefing with President Muhammadu Buhari at…
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Nigeria doesn’t have resources to build new refineries – Kyari
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the country does not have the financial muscle now to build a new refinery going by the economic situation of the country. Mele Kyari, NNPC Group Managing Director, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja while engaging newsmen on issues emanating from the proposed rehabilitation of the…
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Kyari Mourns Festus Marinho, Pioneer MD of NNPC
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has lamented the death of the pioneer Managing Director of the Corporation, Chief Festus Remi Ayodele Marinho. A press release by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, stated that Chief Marinho, who passed away yesterday, was…
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NNPC Committed to Bringing Down Cost of Production, Remaining Competitive – Kyari
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has, for the umpteenth time, pledged its commitment to bringing down the unit cost of oil production in the country to $10 per barrel, so as to remain competitive in the Industry and deliver value to all Nigerians. A statement from the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division,…
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Buhari, only Nigerian president that never interfered in NNPC affairs – Kyari
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari, said that President Muhammadu Buhari never interfered in the operations of the Corporation. Kyari disclosed this at a media interactive with National Association of Energy Correspondents in Abuja, on Friday. He said that the corporation had the full support of the…
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Deregulation will boost investment in refining — NNPC GMD
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, says the deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria will increase investment in the refining business. Kyari made this known in a statement signed by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr Kennie Obateru,…
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Kyari Lists Parametres to Sustainable Growth in Nigeria Petroleum Industry
For the Nigerian Petroleum Industry to move forward in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, Tuesday, urged the Industry stakeholders to evolve innovative ways to reposition the Sector for sustainability. The NNPC GMD, speaking at the opening ceremony of the Society of Petroleum…
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Presidency reacts to report on Buhari’s reversal of appointments, 150 memos made by late Kyari
THE Presidency has said that there was no iota of truth on the allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari has upturned about 150 memos and reversed some appointments made by the late Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari. There were media reports recently published, which insinuated that President Buhari has canceled some of the appointments made…
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FG lifts ban ‘imposed’ by Buhari’s late CoS, Kyari on Health Ministry procurement
There seems to be respite coming the way of the Ministry of Health as a federal policy requesting the Ministry to go through the Ministry of Agriculture for its procurement and other funding needs has been lifted. The Health Ministry can now handle all its contracts and procurements without the ‘unnatural’ routing through the Agriculture…
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Why it is necessary to probe Abba Kyari’s death – Falana
Popular human rights activist and lawyer Femi Falana, has asked the Federal Government to investigate the death of Kyari. He made the call through a statement titled: “Time to Stop Official Impunity and Hypocrisy in the Fight against COVID-19.” Falana said a probe into the death had become inevitable since no private hospital has been…