Michael Eboh
Dublin, Ireland — The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited’s workforce rose by 12.24 per cent to 6,247 staff at the end of 2025, compared with 5,566 staff at the end of 2024, according to latest employee data released by the corporation.
In its workforce statistics for the fourth quarter of 2025 released recently, the NNPCL stated that its 6,247 staff at the end of the year was 0.41 per cent lower than its 6,273 workers recorded at the end of 2024.
The NNPCL’s workforce data for 2025 showed that its employees increased by 14.3 per cent from 5,495 staff members recorded at the end of the first quarter of 2025, to 6,280 staff members at the end of the second quarter of 2025.
Its staff strength, however, dropped by 0.11 per cent to 6,273 workers at the end of the third quarter of 2025, while its workforce dropped further by 0.41 per cent to 6,247 staff at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025.
Giving a breakdown of its workforce in terms of gender, the NNPCL disclosed that at the end of the fourth quarter, 5,044 employees, representing 80.7 per cent of its workforce, were males, while 1,203 employees, representing 19.3 per cent of its total workforce were females.
Further breakdown revealed that Junior Staff 2 (JS 2) and Junior Staff 1 (JS1) cadre had one staff and 175 staff respectively, at the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, as against one staff and 187 staff members, respectively, recorded in the third quarter of 2025.
In addition, Senior Staff Seven (SS7) cadre had 31 employees, remaining the same as in the previous quarter, while SS6 cadre dropped to 1,010 staff, from 1,012 staff recorded at the end of the third quarter of 2025.
The SS5, SS4, SS3, SS2 and SS1 staff cadre recorded 1,076 staff, 164 staff, 389 staff, 471 staff and 1,829 staff, respectively, in the quarter under review, compared with 1,076 staff, 164 staff, 391 staff, 478 staff and 1,835 staff, respectively, recorded in the third quarter of 2025.
Management Six (M6) cadre had 695 staff in the second quarter of 2025, compared with 699 staff in the same category in the previous quarter, while M5, M4, M3, M2 and M1 cadres had 237 staff, 117 staff, 47 staff, seven staff and one staff respectively, compared with 243 staff, 116 staff, 44 staff, seven staff and one staff in the corresponding cadres in the third quarter of 2025.
Further analysis of the NNPCL workforce across different cadres showed that JS2 and JS1 accounted for 0.02 per cent and 2.75 per cent of its total workforce, respectively, while SS7, SS6, SS5, SS4, SS3, SS2 and SS1 cadres accounted for 0.50 per cent, 16.17 per cent, 17.22 per cent, 2.63 per cent, 6.23 per cent, 7.54 per cent and 29.28 per cent of the NNPCL’s total workforce, respectively.
In addition, NNPCL’s M6, M5, M4, M3, M2 and M1 cadres accounted for 11.13 per cent, 3.79 per cent, 1.87 per cent, 0.75 per cent, 0.11 per cent and 0.02 per cent, respectively.
In general, the NNPCL noted that it had 173 employees in its junior staff category; 4,970 employees in its senior staff category, and 1,104 employees in its management category.
It also reported that in its middle management cadre it has 932 employees, accounting for 14.92 per cent of its total workforce, while top management cadre had 172 employees, accounting for 2.75 per cent of its total workforce.
