Cold water has been poured on speculations going round that President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) GCEO, Mallam Mele Kyari.
Presidency sources said on Saturday night that the President had not given such directive for the suspension of Kyari as NNPC Boss.
Social media platforms were abuzz on Saturday evening with several posts claiming the President had directed the immediate suspension of Kyari as NNPC GCEO.
The social media posts of the purported suspension of Kyari gained traction as it was coming barely 24 hours after the Presidency announced the suspension of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele.
Multiple sources in the Presidency reiterated that there was no such plan to suspend Kyari as the GCEO of the NNPC.
One of the sources said, “We got to know about the purported suspension through social media posts. But I can confirm to you that there is no such directive coming from the President. Nigerians are known to play a lot with trends and someone may just have sat down somewhere to make such posts.
“There is no iota of truth in that post claiming that the President has suspended the NNPC GCEO. There is nothing to be worried about because the Petroleum Industry Act is clear on how the NNPC GCEO or any member of the NNPC Board could be removed.”
