NNPC New Graduate Employees To Assume Virtual Duty Monday

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has asked the newly recruited graduate trainees to resume virtual duty on Monday, May 4.

The trainees are to assume duty first, virtually while the corporation monitors the COVID -19 situation and the Federal Government’s directives to determine a date of physical assumption of duty.

According to a statement by the corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, on Thursday, the NNPC said the option of virtual assumption of duty was necessitated by the need to comply with extant protocol on social distancing as a result of the pandemic.

Recall that the federal government had said there would be a gradual easing of the lockdown from Monday and advised all organizations to reduce the number of people in the workplace.

The NNPC spokesman said the trainees had completed online documentation, and would commence virtual onboarding on Monday.

The release said the Group Managing Director of the corporation,Mele Kyari, was excited about the assumption of duty of the graduate trainees, saying they are part of the succession plan to assure the future of NNPC.

Kyari congratulated the successful graduate trainees and said much was expected of them.

The assumption of duty of the graduate trainees marks the successful completion of the 2019/2020 recruitment exercise.

The NNPC however said it would continue to recruit the best hands in order to buoy its operations nationwide.