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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Business
Ruth Olurounbi

Mixed reactions as Nigeria’s state oil firm goes private

Cars queue to buy petrol at the NNPC Mega petrol station in Abuja, Nigeria March 19, 2020 [File: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters]

Abuja, Nigeria – After more than half a century in existence as a government monopoly, Nigeria’s oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), is set to open up its capital to private investors.

The move, marked with a launch ceremony on Tuesday, comes after parliament passed a bill last year to unbundle the NNPC and open it up for private sector investment.

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