Breaking: Buhari Appoints Kyari New NNPC GMD

'Dotun Akintomide
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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Mele Kolo Kyari as the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

The corporation disclosed this in a statement released by theĀ  NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu,in Abuja, on Thursday.

He said that the appointment will take effect from July 8, 2019 adding thatĀ the presidentĀ  also appointed alongside Kyari, seven new Chief Operating Officers.

Kyari, a geologist, was Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division of NNPC and also doubled, since 13thĀ May, 2018, as Nigeria’s National Representative to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC.

The statement noted that President Buhari had directed that the New GMD and the newly appointed Chief Operating Officers work with the current occupiers of the various offices till 7thĀ July, 2019 towards a smooth transition on 8thĀ July 2019 when their appointments would take effect to ensure a smooth transition. \

However, the appointment of Mr. Farouk Garba Said (North West), who is replacing a retiring Chief Operating Officer, is effective from 28thĀ June, 2019.

Ā Other officers appointed by Buahri includeĀ  Mr. Roland Onoriode Ewubare (South-South), Chief Operating Officer, Upstream, Engr. Mustapha Yinusa Yakubu (North Central) – Chief Operating Officer Refining and Petrochemicals and Ā Engr. Yusuf Usman (North East) – Chief Operating Officer, Gas and Power

Also, Ms Lawrencia Nwadiabuwa Ndupu (South East), Chief Operating Officer Ventures, Mr. Umar Isa Ajiya (North West), Chief Financial Officer, Ā Engr. Adeyemi Adetunji (South West), Chief Operating Officer, Downstream andĀ  Mr. Farouk Garba Said (North West) – Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Services.

The NNPC Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, in the statementĀ  had congratulated the new appointees.

Ā Kyari is a quintessential crude oil marketer with prerequisite certification and outfield pedigree in Petroleum Economics and crude oil and gas trading.

In the last 27 years he had traversed the entire value chain of the Petroleum Industry, with exceptional records of performance.

Under his watch, the Crude Oil Marketing Division has recorded noticeable transformation in the management and sales of the various Nigeria’s crude oil grades via an infusion of transparency and automation of the processes, the release by the NNPC spokesperson, stated.

Kyari would be the 19thĀ Group Managing Director of the National Oil Company.

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