President Tinubu inaugurates NNPCL Board as sports people praise Musa Kida’s appointment

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday officially inaugurated the new Board of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, at the Presidential Villa, in Abuja.

The board, which is led by a renowned oil and gas technocrat, Engr. Ahmadu Musa Kida, has been saddled with the responsibility of turning around the financial fortunes of the nation’s biggest economy mainstay.

Tinubu in his speech, at the inauguration, expressed his confidence in the abilities of the newly NNPCL board to successfully steer the ship of the most important sector of Nigeria’s economy to achieve the desired results. The President noted that he took his time to carefully select the very best in the oil and gas sector which has continued to attract huge commendations both from within and outside Nigeria.

He was equally quick to express the expectations of the major players in the global economy including USA and others industrialized economies.

In his acceptance remarks, on behalf of the Board, the Chairman of the NNPCL, Ahmadu Musa Kida, noted the expectations and concerns of Nigerians and assured that they will approach their tasks with maximum efficiency, transparency and due process, in order to meet the terms of reference set for the Board.

While noting and appreciating the confidence President Tinubu has in the board of the NNPCL, he assured him that the Board will not take Mr President’s overwhelming confidence in the Board for granted.

“We’ll always tell you the truth,” Kida, in his characteristic manner of always speaking truth to power said and went ahead to assure the President of the commitment of his board to put the interests of Nigeria and Nigerians at the premium, always.

In the same vein and while still celebrating and appreciating President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on the appointment of Kida to the board of the NNPCL, some friends and associates of Kida, particularly stakeholders in the Nigeria sports industry, held a commemorative lunch to celebrate the appointment of Kida, at the high-brow Boat Club, Ikoyi, Lagos, on the 10th of May, 2025.

In unison, they eulogized the virtues and leadership qualities of Engr. Kida, while praying for him to have a very successful and impactful tenure in his new position.