Former Senator Shehu Sani has defended the appointment of Bayo Ojulari as the new Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).
Sani, in a post on social media, slammed Nigerians who disapproved of the appointment over Ojulari’s tribe, which they argued is the same with President Bola Tinubu.
Ojulari, a Yoruba-speaking Kwaran is believed in some quarters to have bagged the appointment based on nepotism by the president.
Reacting to the biases, Sani argued that Kwara State is in the North Central part of the country and not the South West region where President Tinubu hails from.
Furthermore, he shunned those condemning his appointment based on tribal biases, arguing that they should use the efforts to demand better exploration activities in the North.
He wrote, “Those who think that the new CEO of NNPCL, Bayo is another Yoruba appointment despite the fact that he is from Kwara State in the geographical north of the country is unfortunate. Antagonising him makes no sense.
“This should rather be another opportunity to appreciate his appointment and demand that he reactivate the oil exploration activities in Northern Nigeria, particularly in Borno, Bauchi, Sokoto, Gombe and Kebbi states. Ethnic jingoists should go and rest.”
