The Management of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has called on politicians and those
canvassing for votes for the general elections, to refrain from using the NNPC
or its top management as part of their electioneering strategies.
NNPC Group General Manager, Group
Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, in a release today in Abuja, said
using the corporation as a launchpad for political attacks against opponents
was not only a disservice to the overall national interest, but also inimical
to the national economy, given NNPC’s pivotal role as cash cow of the nation.
The NNPC spokesperson said the
call for restrains by politicians became necessary in the wake of the names of
some of its top management being dragged into partisan politics.
Mr. Ughamdu noted that as a
National Oil Company with partners in almost all the continents of the world,
the ongoing attempts by politicians to drag the name of the corporation into
the murky arena of partisan politics was a potent danger to the corporation’s
business interests, its multi-faceted contract deals and MoUs which should
ordinarily be insulated from political brinkmanship.
He explained: “While it might be
understandable for politicians to seek the hearts and souls of the electorate,
attempting the feat by way of dragging NNPC into the fray was unfair and
irrational, as the business environment in which it operates is not designed to
withstand the shock from such careless and unguarded diatribes.
“The corporation urges political
office seekers to note that the NNPC was a public corporate entity run by
well-groomed technocrats who are apolitical and inclined only to their
fiduciary responsibility to the Governments and people of Nigeria irrespective
of religion, tribe or political affiliation.”
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