Group general manager in charge of shipping at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Inuwa Waya will be leaving the company he has served for over three decades at the end of this year.
Mr Waya announced his imminent departure at a surprise birthday party organised in his honour by the staff of the shipping division of the corporation to mark his 58th birthday on September 10, Platforms Africa reports.
Waya had two years left before the age of retirement.
“For over 30 years, I have worked and diligently served the NNPC in various capacities. Over the period, I believe I did my best to contribute my little quota towards helping the organisation realise the corporate goals and objectives. But I also believe every man and woman has his or her time and season for every of his or her activities. There is a time to work; a time to play, and a time to stop work and take a deserved rest to focus on other personal dreams.
“I believe my time to stop public work has come, to give way to my season of rest, find the space to focus on the private practice of my law profession as a qualified lawyer. That is what I have done,” Waya was quoted to have said at the birthday party.
Sources quoted said Waya has already tendered his letter to proceed on voluntary retirement and that he began his mandatory three-month pre-retirement vacation on September 10.
There are speculations that Waya could be considering joining the race for Kano governorship position ahead of 2023.
The lawyer joined the NNPC legal unit in 1991 two years after working with Kano State Ministry of Justice as a state counsel.
