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Mele Kyari Pledges To Transform Nigeria Into A Gas-Powered Nation As He Bags Energy Times’ GCEO Of The Year Award

<h4>Mele Kyari Pledges To Transform Nigeria<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;18621" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-18621" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-18621" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;12&sol;NNPC&period;&period;-300x254&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mele Kyari Pledges To Transform Nigeria Into A Gas-Powered Nation As He Bags Energy Times' GCEO Of The Year Award" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"254" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-18621" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Mele Kyari Bags Energy Times&&num;8217&semi; GCEO Of The Year Award<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Group Chief Executive Officer&comma; NNPC Ltd&comma; Mr&period; Mele Kyari has been honoured with the Energy Times&&num;8217&semi; GCEO of the Year Award in recognition of his commitment to accountability&comma; transparency&comma; and performance excellence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Company&comma; Mr&period; Olufemi Soneye received the award on behalf of the NNPC boss&comma; in a ceremony held at the Eko Hotel &amp&semi; Suites in Lagos on Friday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the Governing Council of Energy Times Award Committee&comma; Kyari&&num;8217&semi;s hardwork has played a significant role in the company&&num;8217&semi;s success and has contributed significantly to the growth of the energy sector in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;24679" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-24679" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-24679" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;04&sol;NNPC-3-300x114&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mele Kyari Pledges To Transform Nigeria Into A Gas-Powered Nation As He Bags Energy Times' GCEO Of The Year Award" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"114" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-24679" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Mr&period; Olufemi Soneye &comma;Chief Corporate Communications Officer&comma; NNPC Ltd&comma; making his remarks as a representative of Mr&period; Mele Kyari&comma; GCEO NNPC Ltd during the awards<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Speaking at the occasion&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Kyari said the NNPC Ltd&comma;<&sol;a> which has been on transition since the passage of the Petroleum Industry Act &lpar;PIA&rpar; has been championing the push to transform Nigeria into a gas-powered nation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; these efforts are geared towards  keeping with its enormous natural endowment with over 209 trillion cubic feet proven natural gas reserves&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;We are building gas infrastructure such as the OB-3 Gas Pipeline&comma; AKK Gas Pipeline to deepen the use of gas in the domestic market&comma; while we are also promoting the West Africa Gas Pipeline and the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline&comma; as well as the Train 7 of the NLNG and number of Floating LNG Projects to deliver gas the global market&comma;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>Kyari stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The GCEO further noted that the NNPC Ltd is also aggressively expanding its portfolio in the power sector to make the company a truly rounded energy company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;Apart from our stakes in a number of Independent Power Plants such as Afam VI&comma; Okpai Phases 1 and 2 with a combined installed capacity of 1&comma;420MW&comma; there have plans to build three new power plants in the AKK Pipeline corridor Abuja&comma; Kaduna&comma; and Kano&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;The ground-breaking ceremony of the 1&comma;350MW wholly owned Gwagwalada Power Plant was performed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in August last year&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>he added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kyari&comma; who dedicated the award to all NNPC Ltd staff&comma; thanked the Energy Times editorial board for finding him worthy of the recognition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He  added that it would spur him to work harder towards achieving more for both the NNPC Ltd and the Nigerian Oil &amp&semi; Gas Industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;24676" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-24676" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-24676" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;04&sol;NNPCL-2-300x115&period;jpg" alt&equals;" Mele Kyari Pledges To Transform Nigeria Into A Gas-Powered Nation As He Bags Energy Times' GCEO Of The Year Award" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"115" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-24676" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Chief Corporate Communications Officer&comma; NNPC Ltd&comma; Mr&period; Olufemi Soneye and Representative of the GCEO NNPC Ltd&comma; Mr&period; Mele Kyari&comma; displays the Energy Times Newspaper&&num;8217&semi;s GCEO of the Year Award&comma; during the Newspaper&&num;8217&semi;s 2024 Awards Ceremony&comma; held at the Eko Hotel &amp&semi; Suites in Lagos&comma; on Friday&period; Mr&period; Soneye is flanked &lpar;from the right&rpar; by Mr&period; Umar Abdulrahman&comma; Dr&period; Emeka Agbayi&comma; Mr&period; Kayode Ekundayo &lpar;Chairman&sol;Publisher Energy Times&rpar; Mrs&period; Gloria Okpara and Mr&period; Mike Orji<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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