Nigeria, April 8 -- The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) have rejected the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) board's decision to make external appointments into top positions in the organisation.

In a letter dated 7 April, addressed to the NNPC Group Chief Executive Officer, NUPENG and PENGASSAN unequivocally rejected these appointments, citing concerns over the impact on career growth for internal staff.

The letter, titled 'Re: Filling of top management positions in NNPC Limited with externally recruited personnel is unacceptable to PENGASSAN and NUPENG GEC', was signed by the NUPENG General Secretary, Afola...