Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, who acts as both the Minister of State for Petroleum and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has said that has part of the ongoing restructuring exercise for efficiency and profitability that expatriates would be recruited by the NNPC, This Day Reports.
In an exclusive interview, Kachikwu told THISDAY that the corporation’s restructuring agenda is only 25 percent complete, adding that 75 percent is yet to be completed.
Although there is always this sentiment that Nigerians should be in charge of NNPC, Kachikwu stated that the oil and gas industry was not where nationals just take charge alone, stressing that “it is an international business that requires international global best practice.”
Kachikwu stressed that there are certain positions in the NNPC that requires the services of expatriates in spite of the yearning desires for Nigerians to be in charge, adding that currently there are no expatriates in the NNPC’s workforce. In as much as the salary structure of the NNPC would not be able to accommodate expatriates in its workforce but added that he would not mind going outside the system to pay them.
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