No fewer than 1,000 graduate trainees recently recruited by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will begin work on Monday, May 4.
However, in keeping with the rules guiding large gatherings even at work places, the trainees will assume duty virtually.
This was disclosed in a statement released in Abuja on Thursday, signed by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Dr. Kennie Obateru.
He said: “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.”
Obateru said the trainees had completed online documentation, and would commence virtual onboarding on Monday.
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He said that Managing Director of the corporation, Mele Kyari, was excited about the assumption of duty of the new staff whom he said were part of the succession plan to assure the future of NNPC.
According to the NNPC spokesman, Kyari congratulated the successful graduate trainees, adding that much was expected of them.
Obateru said that the assumption of duty of the graduate trainees marked the successful completion of the 2019/2020 recruitment.
He explained that in pursuance of excellence, NNPC as an equal opportunity employer with business interests across the Oil & Gas Industry value chain, would continue to recruit the best hands in order to improve its operations nationwide.
