President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Mele Kolo Kyari as the new Group Managing Director (GMD) for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NPPC). His appointment will take effect on 7th June, 2019. Untill his appointment, Kyari was the Group Manager (GM), Crude Oil Marketing division of the NNPC.
In addition to the GMD's appointment, the President has also appointed seven new Chief Operating Officers for the state-owned oil company.
The new officers are Mr Roland Onoriode Ewubare (South-South), Chief Operating Officer, Upstream;
Others are Engineer Mustapha Yinusa Yakubu (North-Central), Chief Operating Officer, Refining and Petrochemicals;
Engineer Yusuf Usman (North-East), Chief Operating Officer, Gas and Power; Ms Lawrencia Nwadiabuwa Ndupu (South-East), Chief Operating Officer, Ventures;
Mr Umar Isa Ajiya (North-West)-Chief Financial Officer; Engineer Adeyemi Adetunji (South-West), Chief Operating Officer, Downstream; and Mr. Farouk Garba Said (North-West), Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Services, whose appointment takes effect from 28th June 2019.
The President also directed that the new appointees work with the current occupants of the various positions between now and 7th July 2019 towards a smooth transition on 8 July 2019.
