Maikanti Baru, outgoing group
managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says he is
willing to do more if given the opportunity to serve the country.
Baru made the comment one week
after it was reported that he is interested in replacing Ibe Kachikwu, minister
of state for petroleum.
Speaking to journalists on the
sidelines of the 2019 annual lecture, Life Achievement Awards and induction of
new fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering, in Lagos on Thursday, Baru
said service to Nigeria is a call which must be obeyed.
“Service to Nigeria is
everybody’s call. Every Nigerian should be willing to serve the country when
called upon to do so,” he said.
“The system that has been put in
place is for a public servant to retire when he is 60 years or after 35 years
in service.
“However, if it is the
prerogative of President Muhammadu Buhari to invite you to do more and of
course you should look at it and you should do more.
“The president graciously
accepted my statutory retirement but if he says I should come and do more, I’m willing
to serve.”
Born on July 7, 1959, in
Jama’are, Bauchi state, Baru would retire from active service when clocks 60
years on July 7.
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