{"id":84371,"date":"2021-08-03T00:09:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T23:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=84371"},"modified":"2021-08-03T00:09:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T23:09:58","slug":"nnpc-to-declare-dividends-to-nigerians-gmd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nnpc-to-declare-dividends-to-nigerians-gmd\/","title":{"rendered":"NNPC To Declare Dividends To Nigerians -GMD"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Mr. Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said on Monday that the corporation is set to declare its first dividend to Nigerians as it prepares to release its 2020 financial statements.<\/p>\n<p>Kyari disclosed this in Lagos while delivering an address at the opening ceremony of the Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cEverything we are doing must align with the wider national interest. And therefore, NNPC, being the representatives of all of us and, is, of course, a very potential global player \u2013 this is our ambition and we are getting there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I can tell you, within the next month or two maximum, we will publish our statement of accounts for 2020. And I can also confirm to you that for the first time in our history, we will declare dividend to the Nigerian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kyari said the corporation would play a key role in the global transition to low carbon energy in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur tremendous natural gas reserves have become our greatest enabler to smooth transition to low carbon energy. 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