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House of Representatives Thumbs up NNPC Ltd. Reforms, Profitability

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"c8pDytUl" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The House of Representatives has commended the on-going reforms at the<br &sol;>&NewLine;Nigerian National Petroleum Company &lpar;NNPC&rpar; Ltd&comma; saying that the legislature is<br &sol;>&NewLine;very pleased with the company&&num;8217&semi;s growth from a loss-making one into a profitmaking commercial entity&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"uFEPHoPZ" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The commendation came from the Speaker of the House of Representatives&comma; Rt&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Hon&period; Abbas Tajudeen&comma; when NNPC Ltd&period;’s Group CEO&comma; Mele Kyari led the company’s<br &sol;>&NewLine;Senior Management on a courtesy call to the House of Representatives at the<br &sol;>&NewLine;National Assembly Complex&comma; on Thursday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The Speaker&comma; who described the NNPC Ltd&period; as a critical stakeholder in Nigeria’s<br &sol;>&NewLine;economy&comma; said that it is imperative for all arms of government to support the<br &sol;>&NewLine;Company to enable it deliver on its mandate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When we discuss the Nigerian economy&comma; we must talk about the NNPC Ltd&period; as a<br &sol;>&NewLine;dominant force&period; We are delighted that the ongoing reforms at NNPC Ltd&period; have<br &sol;>&NewLine;started yielding fruit&period; It is pleasing to hear that you have moved from a lossmaking entity to a profit-making one&period; We urge you to sustain these reforms&comma;” the<br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaker stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Speaker&comma; who congratulated President Bola Tinubu for the bold decision to<br &sol;>&NewLine;remove subsidy on petroleum products said the singular decision has relieved the country of a major problem that has bogged it over the years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"CYj40vGc" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>He called on the NNPC Ltd&period; management to devise more practicable ways of<br &sol;>&NewLine;revamping the nation’s refineries to turn around their fortunes for the better&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Describing crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism as a huge problem which&comma; if left unchecked&comma; could bring the nation’s economy to a halt&comma; the Speaker assured that the Parliament would support the NNPC Ltd&period; in its fight against the menace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Earlier in his remarks&comma; the GCEO of NNPC Ltd&period;&comma; Mr&period; Mele Kyari said that with the<br &sol;>&NewLine;passage of the Petroleum Industry Act &lpar;PIA&rpar; 2021&comma; NNPC Ltd&&num;8217&semi;s profitability margins<br &sol;>&NewLine;have significantly risen&comma; growing from a loss position of N803billion in 2018 to a<br &sol;>&NewLine;profit position of N674billion in 2021&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Kyari noted that NNPC Ltd&period; is targeting a profit increase of N2trillion when the<br &sol;>&NewLine;2022 Audited Financial Statements &lpar;AFS&rpar; are released&comma; adding that since July this<br &sol;>&NewLine;year&comma; the Company has started paying dividends to its shareholders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While lauding the National Assembly for the critical role it played in the<br &sol;>&NewLine;enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act &lpar;PIA&rpar; 2021&comma; Kyari said that this legislative<br &sol;>&NewLine;endeavour had given birth to a new commercially oriented National Oil Company<br &sol;>&NewLine;&lpar;NOC&rpar; that is governed by the Company &amp&semi; Allied Matters Act &lpar;CAMA&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He informed the House that the Company has made robust plans for the supply<br &sol;>&NewLine;of petroleum products especially Premium Motor Spirit &lpar;PMS&rpar;&comma; also known as<br &sol;>&NewLine;petrol&comma; sufficient to last beyond the &OpenCurlyQuote;ember months and the new year festivities&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;By the creation of the National Assembly&comma; NNPC Ltd&period; is saddled with the<br &sol;>&NewLine;responsibility of guaranteeing Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s energy security which is critical to national<br &sol;>&NewLine;security&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We have made a robust plan for the forthcoming end of the year<br &sol;>&NewLine;festivities and beyond&period; 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