{"id":72331,"date":"2025-08-06T20:31:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72331"},"modified":"2025-08-06T20:31:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:31:24","slug":"ojulari-faces-heat-over-reform-push-at-nnpc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/06\/ojulari-faces-heat-over-reform-push-at-nnpc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ojulari Faces Heat Over Reform Push at NNPC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NNPC Group CEO, Bashir Bayo Ojulari, is facing backlash following a report by TheCable suggesting his tenure may be short-lived.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The report links him to Abdullahi Bashir-Haske, founder of AA&amp;R Investment Group and son-in-law of a former vice president; a connection critics allege compromises his position.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, no law has been broken, and deals between NNPC and AA&amp;R predate Ojulari\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo criminalise business ties because of family connections is absurd,\u201d said an observer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since taking office, Ojulari has driven reforms, audits, and cost-cutting efforts that disrupted vested interests. Supporters argue these actions reflect integrity, not compromise.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alleged EFCC investigations have also surfaced, though no charges have been filed. Analysts warn against turning inquiries into indictments without evidence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOjulari is not the problem,\u201d his allies insist. \u201cHe is the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David &nbsp; NNPC Group CEO, Bashir Bayo Ojulari, is facing backlash following a report by TheCable suggesting his tenure may be short-lived. &nbsp; The report links him to Abdullahi Bashir-Haske, founder of AA&amp;R Investment Group and son-in-law of a former vice president; a connection critics allege compromises his position. &nbsp; However, no law [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":72332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72333,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72331\/revisions\/72333"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}