By Teddy Nwanunobi
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has promised to work with the Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products (ADITOP) to ensure improved operations in Nigeria’s downstream sector.
The NNPC Group Managing Director (GMD), Mallam Mele Kyari, who made the promise when the National President of ADITOP, Alhaji Lawal Mohammed, paid him a visit, promised to work with the petroleum products distributors to sustain the prevailing sanity in the sector.
In his remarks, Mohammed commended the NNPC for not relenting in its efforts to bring sanity into the downstream sector of the oil industry.
He expressed delight at the achievements of the Corporation under the leadership of Kyari, especially in the area of stakeholder engagement.
“This singular action of meeting with us defines you as a leader with limitless leadership humility and untiring capacity for encouraging the concept of stakeholder management and eagerness to carry us along in every public policy engagements of the NNPC concerning the oil and gas value chain,” Mohammed stated.
He pledged the group’s support for NNPC, stressing that they were ready to place their trucks and retail outlets at the disposal of the Corporation for any pilot programme and investment initiative.