Buhari has never controlled what we want to do – NNPC boss

The Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari does not interfere in the operations of the corporation.

Kyari stated via NNPC’s Twitter handle on Saturday, that though he had been around NNPC for 29 years, he had not seen any President like Buhari.

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He said, “I have been around in this company for 29 yrs & have worked closely with top management of the #NNPC for about 15 yrs.

“This is the only President who has never asked #NNPC to do something. Under no circumstances has President @MBuhari controlled what we want to do.”

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GMD @MKKyari: "I have been around in this company for 29 yrs & have worked closely with top management of the #NNPC for about 15 yrs. This is the only President who has never asked #NNPC to do something. Under no circumstances has President @MBuhari controlled what we want to do" pic.twitter.com/9HzC9gx48k

— NNPC Limited (@nnpclimited) November 21, 2020

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“NNPC has never published its audited financial statement in 43 yrs. We came & started doing that & released the 2018 financial statement.We were not afraid of doing that & there were a lot of criticisms that we lost money in refinery operations & pipeline business,” he added.