President Jonathan Sacks The Management And Board Of The NNPC.
The Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation has a new Group Managing Director and a rejigged management
team in furtherance of government’s efforts to turn around the oil and
gas sector of the economy, according to a statement from the Presidency.
The statement in full reads:
“PRESIDENT JONATHAN APPROVES RE-COMPOSITION OF NNPC MANAGEMENT TEAM
To further strengthen the ongoing
reforms and transformation of Nigeria’s Petroleum sector, and in
furtherance of efforts to achieve greater transparency and
accountability in government, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has
approved the re-composition of the executive management team of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as follows:
1. Engr. Andrew Yakubu - Group Managing Director
2. Mr. Bernard O.N. Otti - Group Executive Director (Finance and Accounts)
3. Engr. Abiye Membere - Group Executive Director (Exploration and Production)
4. Dr. Peter S. Nmadu - Group Executive Director (Corporate Services)
5. Engr. Anthony Ogbuigwe - Group Executive Director (Refineries & Petrochemicals)
6. Dr. Attahir B. Yusuf - Group Executive Director (Commercial & Investments)
7. Dr. David Ige - Group Executive Director (Gas & Power)
The incoming Group Managing Director,
Engr. Andrew Yakubu graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in
1979 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He joined the NNPC in 1980.
Positions he has held in the corporation include Managing Director of
the Warri Refining and Petrochemicals Company and Group Executive
Director (Exploration and Production). Engr. Yakubu is an indigene of
Kaduna State and a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.
President Jonathan has also approved the
appointment of Engr. Victor Briggs as the new Managing Director of the
Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC).
The incumbent Group Managing Director,
Engr. Austen Oniwon, and Mr. Michael Arokodare (outgoing Group Executive
Director (Finance and Accounts), Mr. Philip Chukwu, outgoing Group
Executive Director (Refineries & Petrochemicals), and Engr. Billy
Agha, outgoing Group Executive Director (Engineering & Technology)
are to proceed on retirement.
President Jonathan commends the outgoing
directors for their service to the nation and urges the new management
team to be fully committed to rapidly implementing the critical
interventions needed to positively transform Nigeria’s petroleum
industry.”
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