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| NNPC GMD, Mallam Mele Kyari (right), receiving the “Government Agency of the Year 2020 (Transparency) Award from the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the New Telegraph Newspapers, Mr. Ayodele Aminu (left) at the NNPC Towers, Tuesday. |
Presenting the award Tuesday in Abuja, the Managing Director
and Editor-in-Chief of the New Telegraph, Mr. Ayodele Aminu, disclosed that the
emergence of NNPC as the most transparent government agency in 2020 was based
on the Corporation’s recent openness and accountability to the public.
Aminu noted that the noticeable efforts to deepen
transparency in NNPC as evidenced by the publication of its 2018 and 2019
audited financial statements was a major factor in considering the Corporation
for the award by the Management and Board of the New Telegraph.
“Before now, the accounts of the NNPC had been shrouded in
secrecy. But Mele Kyari was brave enough to say this is the way we are and let
the public see that there is nothing hidden,” the newspaper boss stated.
In his remarks, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC,
Mallam Mele Kyari, said the Corporation has since realized that it pays to be
transparent and accountable at all times.
He reiterated Management’s resolve to drive the Corporation
along the line of Transparency, Accountability & Perfomance Excellence
(TAPE) agenda, noting that the media interest in the activities of the
Corporation and the oil and gas sector was a welcome development.
Kyari assured that given the value of the award, he would do
more to justify the trust.
“This award would be a major impetus towards our unflinching
efforts to change the narrative around the NNPC brand, and will surely imbue us
to take the transparency drive to new
and enviable heights,” Kyari said.
Present at the award ceremony were: the Chief Financial
Officer of the Corporation, Mr. Umar Ajiya, Chief Operating Officer, Ventures
and Business Development, Engr. Adeyemi Adetunji, and the Group General
Manager, Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC), Mr. Chris Akamiro.