– Has 5,495 staff across subsidiaries
Michael Eboh
Dublin, Ireland — The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) has reduced its workforce by 197 employees over a one-year period, dropping by 3.46 per cent to 5,495 staff at the end of the first quarter of 2025, from 5,692 staff at the end of the first quarter of 2024, according to latest staff data released by the national oil firm.
The NNPCL, in its employee data for the first quarter of 2025, noted that its staff strength as at the end of the quarter under review was 1.28 per cent, 71 staff less than the 5,566 staff in its employment at the end of the fourth quarter of 2024.
The NNPC added that of its total staff, 4,493 employees, representing 81.8 per cent, were male, while 1,002 employees were females, accounting for 18.2 per cent of its total workforce.
Giving a breakdown of its employees, the NNPCL disclosed that it has 188 workers in its junior category, comprising 179 males and nine females; while its senior category has 4,118 employees, made up of 3,389 males and 729 females.
Furthermore, the national oil firm said it has 1,025 staff in its middle management category as at the end of the first quarter of 2025, consisting of 803 males and 222 females; while in the top management category, it had 122 males and 42 females, bringing the total staff strength in that category to 164.
Further analysis of its employee data showed that the NNPCL had only staff, a male in its Junior Staff 2 (JS2) category; 187 staff in its JS 1 category; 33 staff in its Senior Staff 7 (SS7) category; 64 staff in its SS6 category; 1,081 staff and 163 staff in its SS5 and SS4 categories, respectively.
In its SS3, SS2 and SS1 category, the NNPCL had 354 staff, 488 staff and 1,935 staff, respectively; while in its Management 6 (M6) cadre, the NNPCL had 724 staff.
The NNPCL had 301 staff, 120 staff, 38 staff, five staff and one staff in its M5, M4, M3, M2 and M1 cadres, respectively.
The Federal Government had in April announced the sack of the former chief executive of the NNPCL, Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari; the board chairman of the corporation, Chief Pius Akinyelure, and all other board members.
The sacked chief executive was replaced by Engineer Bashir Bayo Ojulari, while Ahmadu Musa Kida was appointed non-executive chairman.
Few weeks later, a number of senior management staff and about 200 officials of the NNPCL were disengaged, including Bala Wunti, former chief executive of the National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS); Ibrahim Onoja, former managing director of the Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) and Lawal Sade, the chief compliance officer and former managing director of NNPC Trading, among others.
The NNPCL has 21 business units/subsidiaries across the upstream, downstream, gas & power, new energy and non-energy divisions.
The business units/subsidiaries are: NNPC Exploration & Production Limited (NEPL); NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services (NUIMS); NNPC Energy Services Limited (EnServ); NNPC Engineering and Technical Company (NETCO); NNPC Gas Infrastructure Company (NGIC); and NNPC Gas Marketing Limited (NGML).
Others are NNPC Gas & Power Investment Services (NGPIS); NNPC New Energy Limited (NNEL); NNPC Trading Limited (NTL); NNPC Retail Limited (NRL); NNPC Shipping Limited (NSL); NNPC RefChem Limited (NRCL); NNPC Downstream Investment Services (NDIS); Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company Limited (NPSC); and National Energy Reserve Management Company (NERMC).
The rest are: NNPC Non-Energy Investment Services (NNIS); NNPC Foundation Limited/Gte; NNPC Academy; NNPC Properties Limited (NPL); Health Maintenance Organization (HMO); Research Technology and Innovation (RTI).
This article was originally posted at sweetcrudereports.com
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