Aside from the Group Managing Directors of the National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS),  Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna refineries that were relieved of their duties yesterday, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has also asked over 200 staff with a year to retirement to quit.

A reliable insider source  in the NNPCL revealed to The Nation on Wednesday morning that the comprehensive list of the affected staff was not available yet.

He however noted that the affected ones know themselves. 

His words: “What happened is that apart from Bala Wunti and the three GMDs of the refineries, NNPCL asked staff who have just one year in service to retire.”

NNPCL Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, didn’t pick calls from The Nation to confirm the report.

But speaking with The Nation on the condition of anonymity, the insider source in NNPCL said:  “Bala Wunti was not sacked but retired. He was also due to retire next year.” 

The NNPCL Chief Executive Officer Engr Bashir Bayo Ojulari was said to have sacked Wunti and Onoja in his reshuffling of the management of the company.

Ojulari had a few days after assumption of office made some similar changes.

On April 4,  he announced the appointment of an eight- man management team.