It Is Time Primate Ayodele Desist From Prophecies Of Doom -By Danjuma Lamido

“The important things Tinubu should do if he wants to see the prayers of Nigerians. He should sack the GMD of the NNPC. If it is possible, he should be sacked before the end of this month” – Primate Elijah Ayodele

In a tweet on Saturday morning, August 10, the cleric said the current hunger protest in the country is a child’s play compared to what God is showing him in his revelation. The cleric maintained that the only way out of the challenges ahead was to sack Kyari.

I was not surprised at the tweet coming from the Prophet as most of his clients are behind the oil bunkering and subsidy scam.

The constant prophesying of doom and disaster by Primate Ayodele is, to say the least ungodly, against the doctrines of Christianity and acceptable tenets of humanity.

As men of God are known to always preach peace, unity, love, and happiness, I wonder how a man of God could foresee disastrous occurrences and warn of gunfire.

I acknowledge that he has made predictions in the past, but I expected him to passionately pray against such events when they were revealed to him; anything to the contrary is aberrant and sinful.

His latest prophecy on the GCEO of NNPC Limited tends to make people believe that he has joined the subsidy fraudsters and oil bunkers

From the presentation and analysis of the prophecy in question, it is clear that it is a personally motivated opinion by a man of god.

It is even condemnable for a prophet like Ayodele to be tarnishing the glorious image of Christianity in the nation. You hardly see the Muslim clerics descend to this banal religious denigration and manipulation.

This brings me to the word of God in Jeremiah 23:16 “Thus saith the Lord of hosts, hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you. They lead you unto vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart and not out of the mouth of the Lord.

The best thing to have ever happened to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian oil industry was the appointment of Mr. Mele Kyari as the company’s Group Managing Director on July 7, 2019.

Monumental strides of Kyari informed his reappointment as the chief executive officer of the new Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) after the Petroleum Industry Bill was passed into law by the National Assembly and assented to by former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2021.

In his quest to curtail oil theft and vandalisation of pipelines in Nigeria, Kyari in March 2022 accompanied the then minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, on an assessment tour of the creeks in the Niger Delta to determine the extent of the criminal activities. Other top state actors that joined the tour included the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Gbenga Komolafe; the then Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, and security operatives.

The tour led to the discovery of a four-kilometre illegal oil connection line from Forcados Terminal into the sea which had been in operation for nine years. To a large extent, today, the efforts of Kyari to curtail oil theft and pipeline vandalism have yielded significant results as Nigeria’s daily oil output has since increased to 1.6 million barrels per day. This has also shot Nigeria to the number-one spot as the largest crude oil producer in Africa, ahead of Algeria and Angola.

Another remarkable achievement of Mele Kyari is the completed rehabilitation and remodeling of the Port Harcourt refinery as well as the ongoing repair of Kaduna and Warri refineries. This is undoubtedly a watershed accomplishment after these refineries have remained moribund for more than a decade.

Another landmark achievement of Kyari as the CEO of NNPCL was his ingenious ability to make the company post its second consecutive year of ‘profit in 2022. NNPCL announced

N674.1 billion in the 2021 financial period having grown its profit from N287 billion in 2020.

In addition to posting significant profit for the NNPCL, Kyari resolved age-long disputes with the company’s trading partners, notably, the International Oil Companies (IOCs) This effort significantly increased the production of crude oil by Nigeria and unlocked investments in the Deepwater space, following the operation of the Petroleum Industry Act.

Similarly, NNPCL, under Kyari, has since paid the $5.1 Joint Venture Cash Call that Nigeria owed the IOCs. He achieved this feat with his introduction of the Alternative Funding Approach (AFA), which replaced the cash-call payment model. This model has since reduced the reliance of Nigeria on external borrowing and increased the flow of investment into the industry. Many oil-producing African countries have since adopted this model.

In addition, NNPCL under Kyari, has since signed different Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with some African countries. They include the national oil companies of Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, and Sierra Leone towards the accomplishment of the planned Nigeria-Morocco Gas pipeline project.

The Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) is an initiative of the federal government of Nigeria and the Kingdom of Morocco. It is 5,600 kilometres gas pipeline project that will traverse 13 African countries, namely, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania to Morocco. This project, on completion, will supply about 3 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day (3bscf/d) from Nigeria to Morocco and subsequently to Europe.

Kyari inspired NNPCL in 2022 to acquire OVH Energy Marketing (OVHEM), owner and operator of the defunct Oando downstream assets. As a result of this acquisition, NNPCL Retail Limited has since been building on the existing success of OVH and thereby operating model service outlets. All the former Oando outlets have since become NNPCL branded and now leveraging on the extensive asset base and commercial capabilities of the acquired OVH.

Kyari in November 2022 flagged off the Kolmani Integrated Development Project in Bauchi state. The project marked the commencement of efforts to commercially exploit oil in the Northern region of Nigeria. The Kolmani Oil Field, estimated to have a reserve of one billion barrels of crude oil, OPL 809 and 810, lies in the Gongola Basin of the Upper Benue trough, straddling Bauchi and Gombe states. The oil blocks are owned by NNPCL as a concessionaire with New Nigeria Development Company Ltd, Africa Oilfield Movers Ltd, and SEEPCO as partners.

Above all, Kyari has since sanitised, reorganised and repositioned NNPCL for enhanced transparency and efficiency. He has since rolled out lasting legacy programmes and policies in NNPCL and its subsidiaries.

This is the time our prophets should preach and work for the unity and stability of Nigeria for the holy bible warns against false prophecies or prophets speaking out of their minds under the guise of prophesying.