The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu has outlined some of his vision for the corporation.
According to the former ExxonMobil boss, the Corporate Service Unit and all the Strategic Business Units of the Corporation would henceforth be run as profit centers while noting that the days when the Corporation was perceived as a civil service organization instead of a Corporation were over.
This will form part of the measures by the new administration to ensure that all the refineries of the corporation are run efficiently and profitably to meet the energy needs of the country.
The GMD, while speaking at the maiden interactive session with the top management of the corporation, urged members of staff to act as change agents that would bring to fruition the new NNPC.
The session was held at the NNPC Towers Abuja.
Kachikwu vowed that in the next sixty days some of the strategic targets would be translated into concrete milestones to the appreciation of all Nigerians.
According to a statement by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ohi Alegbe, the GMD also spoke about the skills gap in the corporation, while imploring the management to team up with him to close the skills gap and turn the fortunes of the Corporation around.
The GMD said efforts are in top gear to create a conducive working environment for members of staff, adding that for the NNPC to transform into a profit center like its peers in other climes, the morale of the work force must be high.
Dr. Ibe urged the management to provide leadership by example to the workforce while adding that sectionalism, tribalism and any form of non-transparent transactions must be completely stamped out of the NNPC.
