NNPCL Boss, Kyari Wins 2024 New Telegraph Man Of The Year Award

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has won the 2024 New Telegraph Man of the Year Award.

The award was presented to the NNPC boss on Friday at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos.

The organisers said the award was deserving as Kyari has positioned the state-owned company to drive innovation and secure Nigeria’s energy future.

NNPC has been at the heart of the mission to drive Nigeria’s gas transition, particularly since the announcement of the decade of gas and the subsequent removal of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) subsidy.

President Bola Tinubu had set up the Presidential CNG Initiative (PI-CNG) after he removed subsidy in 2023.

PI-CNG is a secretariat to drive the implementation of CNG across Nigeria as a cleaner alternative fuel to PMS.

Since the announcement of subsidy removal over a year ago, the NNPC Ltd. has doubled its efforts to drive energy security by utilizing Nigeria’s abundant gas resources.

The company has delivered numerous gas projects that would drive CNG gas penetration across the country.

The NNPCL entered a partnership with NIPCO to set up 35 compressed natural gas (CNG) stations in Lagos and other parts of the country.

Kyari had said the partnership is “Part of the NNPCL commitment to reducing carbon footprint and providing cheaper alternative fuel to motorists.”

On May 19, 2024, the NNPCL and its partners delivered three critical gas infrastructures commissioned by the President.

The projects were, the AHL Gas Processing Plant 2 (GPP – 2) – 200mmscf/d which is an expansion to the Kwale Gas Processing Plant (GPP – 1); the AHL Gas Plant, which is being developed by AHL Limited, an incorporated Joint Venture owned by NNPC Limited and SEEPCO and the ANOH-OB3 CTMS Gas Pipeline Project.

Last year, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd commissioned 12 Compressed Natural Gas stations to reduce transportation cost in the country following the removal of petroleum subsidy by President Bola Tinubu.

The newly built CNG stations which had six in Lagos and six in Abuja were commissioned by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas) Ekperikpe Ekpo.

NNPCL Boss, Kyari Wins 2024 New Telegraph Man Of The Year Award is first published on The Whistler Newspaper