US pledges support for reforms in NNPC

The United States Government has pledged its readiness to work
with the new management of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation in achieving the Federal Government’s reforms in
the country’s oil and gas industry.
Speaking during a courtesy call on the NNPC’s Group Managing
Director, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, at the corporation’s headquarters in
Abuja, the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. James Entwistle,
said his country was willing to provide all necessary support to
the new NNPC management to realise its set goals and
objectives.
Entwistle, in a statement by the corporation, noted that the job of
the GMD of NNPC was about the most challenging job in
Nigeria, adding that the US was convinced that Kachikwu had
the skills, training and requisite experience to lead the oil and
gas industry in Nigeria towards the path of growth and
sustainable development.
Commending the US for the pledge of support, Kachikwu
reiterated the determination of the new NNPC management to
implement the spirit and letter of the President Muhammadu
Buhari’s reform agenda in the petroleum industry.
The GMD stated that the new NNPC would be driven by a deep
sense of commitment to service delivery anchored on the
principle of transparency, efficiency, people, purpose and profit.
“My mission is to re-direct and re-energise the work force for
greater value addition and I believe that the NNPC, given the
right leadership has what it takes to achieve this objective,” he
said.