NNPC RAISES ALARM OVER SCAMMERS IMPERSONATE IT AND ITS GMD

Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, GMD, NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has raised an alarm over some scammers using the name and office of its Group Managing Director, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, for fraudulent purposes in the international oil market.

Tectono Business Review got to know this development from a statement credited to NNPC which was made available to us. The statement said that NNPC had been notified of the activities of the fraudulent people going about engaging unsuspecting members of the public, particularly stakeholders in the global oil and gas industry, promising them appointments with the GMD or facilitating procurement contracts and other business deals with the corporation.

The statement reads in part: “The management of NNPC wishes to state categorically and unequivocally that neither the Group Managing Director nor its management has mandated any individual or group of individuals to represent the GMD or any of the corporation’s interests in any transactions outside the official process. The general public and stakeholders are hereby advised to ignore anyone or group of persons purporting to represent the NNPC or its Group Managing Director in any capacity to facilitate appointments or contracts of any kind.”

The NNPC said it remained transparent and would follow due process and required no intermediaries to procure contracts or engage in any business with it.