Emeka Okoroanyanwu
Anxiety and fear of job losses have gripped staff of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).
This follows the sack on Monday of over 90 senior staffers of the blue chip corporation.
About 91 managers, across six managerial levels of Deputy Manager to Executive Vice President at the Nigerian National Company Limited (NNPC) were showed the exit door in a major shakeup.
The levels affected in what insiders said was a prelude to more job severances are M6- Deputy Managers, M5 – Manager, M4 – General Manager, M3 Group General Manager, M2 – Executive Vice President (EVP).
Five of those affected by the sack are at the levels of EVP, 11 are Group General Managers, 25 are General Managers and 36 are managers.
The Nigerian Xpress learnt that the management staff were forced to retire from service following are resolution by the NNPC management to remove those with less than 15 months to statutory retirement from service.
The corporation had last year asked those with less than two years in service to retire voluntarily, offering them bumper terminal benefits. While some enthusiastically embraced the offer, others decided to see off their service years.
The NNPCL said the recent move was in a bid to pursue effective organisational renewal to support the delivery of strategic business objectives, as it has become imperative to rejuvenate our workforce.
It said, in a statement, “Consequently, in addition to the recent exit of three Executive Vice Presidents, other management staff with less than 15 months to statutory retirement will be exiting the company effective September 19, 2023.
“This is in line with our commitment to scale up NNPC Ltd.’s capabilities through targeted talent management and equal opportunity for all Nigerians.”
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Meanwhile, the Group Managing Director of the oil giant, Melee Kyari said yesterday that all those exiting the organization under the present arrangement will be paid their full entitlement, noting that nobody would lose anything.
Stakeholders are, however, applauding the move, saying more people deserve to leave under performing corporation.
They pointed to the over 2000 idle staff of the moribund refineries in Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna who have been drawing jumbo salaries for years even when the refineries are not distilling a little of crude.
The stake holders are of the opinion that more people need to exit the organisation especially now that it is going public if the government wants it to make profit.
