The Yoruba Youth Council (YYC) has passed a vote of confidence on the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mr Mele Kyari.
It described the attempts by some people to blackmail Kyari as a distraction that would do the oil industry no good.
The YYC said that rather than joining other faceless groups to blackmail the NNPCL, it would further increase its level of partnership and support Kyari in view of the numerous successes recorded by the GCEO in the oil and gas industry.
The group said it is on record that the NNPC GCEO was appointed at a time when disputes, aside from oil theft and pipeline vandalism, were paralysing oil production.
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However, it added that within a few months of stepping into office, Kyari was able to resolve these disputes.
The YYC in a statement jointly signed by the President and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Eric Oluwole and Saheed Adeola, said when Kyari came in as the then GMD in 2019, he instituted a multi-security control room manned by the NNPC and all assets of the company were linked in real-time to the command-and-control centre.
As part of the strategic drive to shore up national reserves, tje Group said Kyari expanded hydrocarbon exploration campaigns to the Sokoto and Bidda basins and achieved a spud-in for the ongoing exploration projects in the Nasarawa and Chad Basins.
Within this year alone, the Council said Kyari achieved its first oil in OML 13, restored production in OMLs 11 and 18, and currently working to achieve its first oil in OMLs 83/85 among others.
Kyari is also taking major initiatives that will move towards achieving FID for major projects in the deepwater and frontier basins such as the Bonga Southwest Apraro, Bonga North, Prowei, KIPRO, Owowo, Bosi, and so on, the group said.
