NNPC GMD, Kyari, wins BusinessDay Newspaper ‘Energy Executive of the Year’ award

Mallam Mele Kyari, the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has clinched the 2021 BusinessDay Newspaper Oil & Gas Awards as “Energy Executive of the Year” .

HRM King Alfred Papapreye Diete-Spiff, the Amanyanabo of Twon-Brass, presented the award to the GMD at the occasion.

According to the business newspaper, Kyari has been able to guarantee energy security for Nigeria by ensuring that the Train 7 project was not only signed but final investment decision was taken.

“He also said that the fortunes of the NNPC have been turned around from a corporation that has consistently been making losses to one that posted its first profit of N287bn in its 44-year history” it said.