Grey hair, black gold: Nigeria’s oil industry calls back retirees as skills pipeline falters
An oil vessel waits at the loading and discharging point of the Dangote refinery, during the of Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed to the Dangote Industries oil refinery and fertilizer plant site in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria, April 6, 2026.
He spent 35 years with the company, becoming general manager of engineering for its businesses in Nigeria, before retiring early in 2007.© REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun Published on August 20, 2026 at 18:00 pm (GMT +1) Fifty-four years ago, Abdullah Bukar joined Shell’s Lagos office as a trainee facilities engineer.
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