The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has expressed its willingness to embark on aggreesive staff training in order to boost their efficiency and contributions to the visions of the Corporation.

The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Engr. Austen Oniwon made this known during a town hall meeting with management and staff of the Corporation at the NNPC Amphitheatre, Abuja on thursday.

Engr. Oniwon posited that capacity building of staff through regular training and retraining was the sure way of ensuring that the Strategic Business Units of the Corporation remain profitable and productive.

“The focus of the management under my leadership is to make sure that the human resource of the Corporation which is our most invaluable asset is regularly sent on training in order for them to add value to the NNPC. I say this to buttress the fact that it is only through manpower development that the ideals and mission statement of the Corporation can be achieved,” Engr. Oniwon informed.

He revealed that if the NNPC must transform from a marginal operator to an integrated national oil company that could compete favourably with other national oil companies, there is every need to grow the daily production level of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, a subsidiary of the Corporation involved in upstream production.

Engr. Oniwon described the 60,000 barrels per day production of crude by the NPDC as totally unacceptable and urged the management and staff of the Corporation to work together with his management team to turn around the fortunes of the Corporation for the better.

According to him, our survival as a Corporation lies in our ability to be productive. We must all put our hands on deck to make sure that we succeed in our mission to make NNPC a profit oriented Company. Yes we can and we will.

He condemned the incessant attacks by vandals on the Corporation’s pipelines and expressed the determination of management to ensure the integrity of the pipelines in order to bring back the refineries to its optimal performance. He added that the days of fuel scarcity are over as management is working round the clock to ensure steady supply of petroleum products to Nigerians. 

The GMD revealed the preparedness of the Corporation to support the electricity (Power) aspiration of the President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan by ensuring steady supply of gas to the power plants across the Country. He solicited for the maximum support of the staff to help the Federal Government achieve its 6000 mega watts target of electricity.