The Arewa Youths For Peace and Security AYPAS has flayed the Engr. Mele Kyari-led Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation NNPC over the sack of the agency’s Chief Operating Officer COO, Oil and Gas, Engr. Yusuf Usman, describing the move as unacceptable, and sheer preference for mediocrity over professionalism.
The group said that the nation needs capable hands and patriotic Nigerians to move the policy of President Muhammadu Buhari in the right and creative direction, and anything on the contrary would be extensively resisted.
The group, rising from a joint press conference attended by notable Northern Commentators, Opinion Leaders, and the North West Attache’ of AYPAS Nafisatu Ibraheem, which was monitored by LeadingReporters insisted that the recent removal of the COO of the gas and power department is a step taken in bad light going by Engr. Usman’s wealth of experience and the optimization of the gas fortune for the benefit of Nigerians.
“Engr Yusuf Usman has expanded the scope of optimizing Nigeria gas fortune and promoting gas sustainability. He is highly skilled in that field if Nigeria must benefit from its gas potentials in the near future, particularly the current gas and power projects going on.
“The Group Managing Director GMD of NNPC, Engr. Mele Kyari acted against competence as Usman’s successor lacks the experience, professionalism, competence and capacity to oversee the affairs of the office as the job requires on-the-job knowledge and skills which Engr. Usman has acquired over the years..
“These are some of the factors affecting the smooth achievement of enough and affordable gas in the country. Presently, Nigeria is moving on in the area of meeting up with its gas and power challenges. The tenure of Engr. Yusuf Usman witnessed transformation that made gas and power links to even the North possible.
The group said that Engr. Usman has a vision he must be allowed to execute for the good of Nigeria at large. The vision includes leveraging gas for greater power generation and growth of the automobile industry.
“The Chief Operating Officer during a recent interaction in a petroleum related conference emphasised that the possibility of using gas for even power and automobile is under way.
The group said that they are expecting nothing less than a reversal in the management structure that saw a visionary leader like Engr. Yusuf Usman exiting as the Chief Operating Officer, Oil and Gas in the government oil and gas owned agency.
“We therefore call for the immediate reversal of the decision by the GMD in the interest of national development and growth in the target sectors. This is not a time to undermine the importance and imperativeness of competence and professionalism over unnecessary corporate politicking.