President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the immediate past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, who died at the age of 60 on Friday.
Buhari, in a statement by his senior special adviser, Femi Adesina, condoled with Baru’s family and loved ones.
Adesina said the president also sympathized with the government and people of Bauchi State, as well as the management and staff of the NNPC.
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The presidential aide quoted Buhari as saying Baru, “worked very hard to initiate reforms in virtually all departments of the corporation, bringing it up to speed with global trends and best practices.”
He added that the president acknowledged, “Baru’s contributions to ensuring stability in the oil sector in Nigeria, with a more guaranteed supply and predictable price regime that weakened unscrupulous parallel marketers, especially during festive seasons.”
Meanwhile, a family source had confirmed to THE WHISTLER on Saturday that the late Baru died from complications related to Coronavirus (COVID-19).
The source said a COVID-19 test carried out on Baru before he died on Friday returned positive.