Tinubu meets with Shell Global Upstream Director, NNPC CEO

President Bola Tinubu has met with the Shell Global Upstream Director Ms Zoë Yujnovich at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

This is Tinubu’s first official engagement after his Paris Sallah holiday trip.

Recall that Tinubu arrived Abuja on Sunday afternoon, (June 2), thirteen days after he left to attend the Summit on New Global Financing Pact in Paris, the capital of France. He returned to Nigeria but went straight to Lagos, on Tuesday, June 27, to observe the Eid-el-Kabir festival in his home at Ikoyi.

The President on Monday recieved Ms Yujnovich who arrived at the Aso Rock Villa with three other Shell officials around 11:45 am and was ushered into the President’s office complex for the meeting scheduled for 12:00 noon.

The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari was also present at the meeting.

Yujnovich, who assumed office as Upstream Director on July 1, has been a member of the Shell Executive Committee since 2021.

Reports revealed that the meeting was part of ongoing consultations with leaders from the oil and gas sector since his administration got on board.

The President had previously met with the Exxon Mobil Executives, Mr Liam Mallon, Mr Richard Laing and Mrs Adesua Dozie – at the State House.

He also met other key figures from the oil-rich Niger Delta region, including former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC) Timi Alaibe and former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr Dakuku Peterside.