The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, has charged Depot and Area
Managers of the Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company to display
utmost integrity in the conduct of their daily business in order to
fit into management’s strategic objective of Transparency,
Accountability and Performance Excellence.


He gave the charge at a retreat organized by the Storage Division of
Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company for all Depot Managers, Area
Managers and Field Officers drawn from the twenty-one Depots across
the country in Abuja.


Mallam Kyari who maintained that there is no room for the kind of
under-hand dealings that were associated with the depots operations in
the past, warning that any personnel caught with any corrupt act will
be dismissed.


He urged them to report any sleazy transactions to their superior and
bring same to his attention if their superior officers fails to take
any concrete action to stem such, adding that management is ready to
reward staff who carried out their duties with distinction.
Also speaking at the retreat, the Chief Operating Officer, Downstream
of the NNPC, Mr Adeyemi Adetunji, urged the operations Staff to carry
out their duties with the highest level of ethical standards in order
to break away from the old perception of the depots as centres of
sleaze.


He reminded them that he had signed a performance bond with the Group
Managing Director and that the task of fulfilling the terms of the
bonds was not just for him but for the entire staff of all the
downstream subsidiaries.