The outgoing Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has said that he is willing and ready to serve Nigeria in other capacity if President Muhammadu Buhari will given the opportunity.Baru, who was speaking to news men today, June 20 on the sideline of the 2019 Annual Lecture, Life Achievement Awards and Induction of New Fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering, said that service to Nigeria is a call to everyone, which must be obeyed.
“Service to Nigeria is everybody’s call. Every Nigerian should be willing to serve the country when called upon to do so.
“The system that has been put in place is for a public servant to retire when he is 60 years or after 35 years in service.
“However, if it is the prerogative of President Muhammadu Buhari to invite you to do more and of course you should look at it and you should do more.
“The President graciously accepted my statutory retirement but if he says I should come and do more, I’m willing to serve.”
Dr. Baru will formally retire from service on July 17 when he will clock 60. He was born on July 7, 1959 and hailed from Jama’are in Bauchi State, but grew up in Jos, Plateau State.
He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.
He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) with first-class honours. He also holds a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering.
