New NNPCL GCEO Unveils Agenda, Aims to Attract $30bn Sectoral Investments By 2027, $60bn By 2030 To raise crude oil production to over 2m bpd through 2027, achieve 3m bpd by 2030 Vows to pursue company’s bold ambitions Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja and Peter Uzoho in Lagos A few days after assuming duties
as the new Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mr. Bayo Ojulari yesterday met the
staff of the company and unveiled his leadership agenda. In a townhall meeting held at the NNPC Towers in Abuja, Ojulari, said
the national oil company under his stewardship aims to attract sectoral investments worth $30 billion by 2027 and $60 billion by 2030.
He also pledged to raise the nation’s crude oil production to over two million barrels per day (bpd) which will be sustained through
2027 and attain three million bpd by 2030. Continued on page 10
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NGF Warns Violence Will Negatively Affect Plateau’s Agriculture, Tourism Potential Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Linus Aleke in Abuja and Hammed Shittu in Ilorin
L-R: Oyo State Governor/Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Engr. Seyi Makinde; Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia; Kwara State Governor/Nigeria Governors’ Forum Chairman, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang; Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed; and Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, during NGF’s condolence visit to Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday to commiserate with the state government over the recent violence in parts of the state
Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has warned that the spate of violence in Continued on page 10
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AMBASSADOR MILLS VISITS NNPCL...
L–R: The American Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Richard Mills Jr.; Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, Mr. Bayo Ojulari; and the Group Chief Operating Officer, NNPC Ltd, Mr. Rowland Ewuba, during a courtesy visit by Mills to the NNPCL Towers in Abuja, yesterday