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From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
A coalition of North and South youth leaders, under the aegis of the Coalition of Northern and Southern Youth Leaders Forum, CNSLF, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over there-appointment of the Group Chief Executive Officer, GCEO, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, Engr Mele Kyari, and Chief Pius Akinyelure, as the Chairman of the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, respectively.
The Coalition is made up of Northern and Southern Youth Leaders Forum (NSYLF); Inclusive of Arewa Youth Movement; Yoruba Youths Ethnic Movement for Good Governance; Middle Belt Youth Movement, Niger Delta Women for Peace and Good Governance; Igbo Youth Movement for Peace; Ibibio/Efik Youths World Wide; Niger Delta Advocate for Peace and Good Governance, and inclusive of Niger Delta Ex-militant Movement for Peace.
According to the statement signed by the Convener of the group, ex-militant leader, Comrade Emmanuel Fiawei Pathfinder, the appointments which stemmed from the Renewed Hope Agenda of Mr president, was adjudged inclusive with Northern and Southern representation.
Comrade Pathfinder expressed optimism that both of them being experienced persons in the oil and gas industry will further take Africa’s number one oil giant to a new height according to global standards in no distant time.
CNSLF pointed out that the appointment of Kyari is a testament to the significant achievements being recorded so far, especially with the increase in thenation’s daily crude oil production output from 1.2m to now 1.7m barrels.
The group stated that Kyari’s outstanding and painstaking excellent performance has been demonstrated by his courageous repositioning of the nation’s oil and gas sector to an enviable height with ease of doing business policies being implemented by the GMD.
They also added that the reappointment of Kyari’s reappointment as GCEO of the nation oil company for another fresh tenure in office has already absolved him of wrong doing and proven that all the frivolous baseless false allegations purportedly levelled against him were mere tissues of sponsored by some corrupt personalities in collaboration with their oil theft cabals
“We thank Mr President immensely for not listening to enemies of progress that dose not mean well for the good of these nation, and for making this reappointment of Engr Mele Kyari a reality is a very right step in the right direction which is good for the economic stability of the nation.
In a related development, the coalition also seize this opportunity to sincerely appreciated the President for his wise decision to graciously appoint one of our finest brilliant daughter of the Niger Delta region, a technocrat par excellence and an expert in the oil and gas sector, Mrs ORITSEMEYIWA EYESAN, as the Executive Vice president Upstream.
“She is indeed a round peg in a round hope, and she had over the years proved her experience and expertise in oil and gas matters, which she had made indelible mark in the industry through enormous achievements and policies that have reshaped the industry so far all these years,” Pathfinder stated.
