By AFUSAT AGUNBIADE-OLADIPO

The Oke-Ode community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara has organised a special prayer for the newly-appointed Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL), Mr. Bashir Ojulari.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the prayer session was led by the Chief Missioner of the Oke-Ode Muslim Community, Ilorin Branch, Alhaji AbdulRauf Balogun, on Thursday, at the Ansarudeen Mosque in Ilorin.

Ojulari hails from the community.

Balogun prayed for divine guidance, wisdom and protection for the new NNPCL boss.

The missioner also offered special prayers for Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu and Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, asking for divine direction for them.

After the prayer, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Prof. Nurudeen Sikirulahi, who is also the Arogun of Oke-Ode land, thanked Tinubu for appointing a son of the community to such a position.

Sikirulahi urged Ojulari to do his best to succeed in the national assignment.

“We are hopeful and praying that he will do well and remain a good ambassador of his family and the Oke-Ode land at large,” he said.

An aunt of the new GCEO, Alhaja Sidikat Aliyu, described him as a hardworking and experienced professional well-suited for the role.

She prayed the Almighty to grant Ojulari the wisdom and strength to excel.

In his remarks, the Chairman of Oke-Ode Muslim Community in Ilorin, Mr. Mustapha Babatunde, said the community organised the prayer, rather than a celebration, to emphasise the importance of divine guidance in all human endeavours.

NAN recalls that Ojulari succeeded Mele Kyari as the NNPCL boss. (NAN)