The Group Chief Executive Officer, GMD of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has revealed how fortune smiled on him, catapulting him from the destitute life of Almajiri, to the oil company chief executive.
The NNPCL chief executive made the remark on his X handle on Wednesday in commemoration of his 60 birthday celebrations.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has earlier congratulate Kyari for his achievements in the government-controlled oil company.
Almajiri are destitute and homeless children who roam many cities in northern part of Nigeria begging for alms.
According to Kyari, his life was transformed due to the opportunities the country gave him, which translated him from his humble beginning to the privilege class of the society he now belongs.
Reflecting on his past, Kyari appreciate former President Muhammadu Buhari and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for being part of his success as NNPCL GMD, adding that his achievements were made possible by ‘Allah’.
According to him, “Allah, by his grace, spared my life to this exceptional day, making it my 60th year from birth, even much earlier on the Hijri calendar.
“I am profoundly grateful to my country for giving me the opportunity to grow from an Almajiri (Tsangaya) school pupil to become the CEO of Africa’s largest energy company.
“Even more particular, I deeply appreciate the exceptional privilege given to me by Presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Ahmed Tinubu to serve as the last GMD of the NNPC and the pioneer CEO of the NNPC Ltd.
“Reflecting backwards alone can’t account for the profoundly eventful life I spent to this date, walking through good and bad times, travails and triumphs, pains and happiness, fails and successes and many more that only the sufficiency of Allah will explain.
“At this milestone, I feel the obligation to serve with even greater conviction and with elevated expectation of eternal recompense so deeply pleasing.
“I am hugely indebted to my family for being nearly absent for most of my later years serving our nation and the common good.
“My deep appreciation to my family, friends and associates, my colleagues at work and my teachers (western and of Almajiri extractions), and many unmentioned people who account for many of my accomplishments, unconditional support and my overall well-being.
“This is a turning point, and I seek forgiveness from anyone I might have hurt unintentionally or unavoidably.”
Kyari has been rumoured to be seriously lobbying President Tinubu and other power brokers in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to re-appoint him as NNPLC boss as his tenure will soon expire.
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