{"id":121877,"date":"2025-09-03T18:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=121877"},"modified":"2025-09-03T18:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T17:24:27","slug":"tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Urged To Revive Refineries, Replace NNPCL&#8217;s GCEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Tracy Moses<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to ensure the quick revival of Nigeria\u2019s moribund refineries and appoint a new Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The appeal was made on Wednesday in Abuja by a pro-Tinubu organization under the banner of Renewed Hope Interest Defenders.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier in the day, the group staged a demonstration at the NNPCL headquarters to press home their demands, stressing the need for a capable, visionary, and unifying GCEO who can rebuild confidence, foster harmony in management, and reposition the oil company.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to journalists after the protest, the convener, Comrade Obed Agu, said, \u201cThere is an urgent need for a competent, visionary, and unifying GCEO who can restore confidence, unite the leadership team, and reposition NNPCL for efficiency.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Highlighting the challenges confronting the oil sector and hindering the President\u2019s reform agenda, the group called on Tinubu to remove Mr. Bayo Ojulari as GCEO and replace him with someone who has the experience and capacity to stabilize the company.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Agu, \u201cWe believe in President Tinubu\u2019s ability to take the right decisions at the right time. He has always demonstrated leadership, courage, and resolve in the face of difficulties. That is why we are rallying behind him and urging Nigerians to do the same.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The group also recalled that in November 2023, Tinubu initiated negotiations with Saudi Arabia for a $5 billion oil-backed loan as part of efforts to boost the nation\u2019s energy sector.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They further commended the President\u2019s target of increasing crude oil production from the current 1.6 million barrels per day to 3 million barrels per day.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the group expressed disappointment that under Ojulari\u2019s leadership, NNPCL has failed to deliver profitability, a situation they said has contributed to funding shortfalls in the 2025 budget.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They lamented that this failure not only exposes President Tinubu to unfair public criticism but also worsens the economic hardship being faced by citizens.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy Moses President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to ensure the quick revival of Nigeria\u2019s moribund refineries and appoint a new Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) for the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":121481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tinubu Urged To Revive Refineries, Replace NNPCL&#039;s GCEO - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tinubu Urged To Revive Refineries, Replace NNPCL&#039;s GCEO - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Tracy Moses President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to ensure the quick revival of Nigeria\u2019s moribund refineries and appoint a new Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) for the&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-03T17:24:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tinubu-address-nation.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"690\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"Tinubu Urged To Revive Refineries, Replace NNPCL&#8217;s GCEO\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-03T17:24:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/\"},\"wordCount\":337,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tinubu-address-nation.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/\",\"name\":\"Tinubu Urged To Revive Refineries, Replace NNPCL's GCEO - Pointblank News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tinubu-address-nation.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-03T17:24:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tinubu-address-nation.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tinubu-address-nation.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":690},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tinubu Urged To Revive Refineries, Replace NNPCL&#8217;s GCEO\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\",\"name\":\"Pointblank News\",\"description\":\"Just the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\",\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Our Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tinubu Urged To Revive Refineries, Replace NNPCL's GCEO - Pointblank News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tinubu Urged To Revive Refineries, Replace NNPCL's GCEO - Pointblank News","og_description":"By Tracy Moses President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been urged to ensure the quick revival of Nigeria\u2019s moribund refineries and appoint a new Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) for the&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/","og_site_name":"Pointblank News","article_published_time":"2025-09-03T17:24:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":690,"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tinubu-address-nation.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Our Reporter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Our Reporter","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/"},"author":{"name":"Our Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"headline":"Tinubu Urged To Revive Refineries, Replace NNPCL&#8217;s GCEO","datePublished":"2025-09-03T17:24:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/"},"wordCount":337,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tinubu-address-nation.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/","name":"Tinubu Urged To Revive Refineries, Replace NNPCL's GCEO - Pointblank News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tinubu-address-nation.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-03T17:24:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tinubu-address-nation.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Tinubu-address-nation.jpg","width":1024,"height":690},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-urged-to-revive-refineries-replace-nnpcls-gceo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tinubu Urged To Revive Refineries, Replace NNPCL&#8217;s GCEO"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/","name":"Pointblank News","description":"Just the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c","name":"Our Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Our Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121878,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121877\/revisions\/121878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}