By Kolawole Ojebisi
President Bola Tinubu has sworn in the new board and management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).
This comes seven weeks after their appointment was officially announced on April 2, 2025.
The swearing-in ceremony which was very brief took place at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Thursday afternoon.
Tinubu presided over the proceedings for the board’s Non-Executive Chairman, Ahmadu Kida, and NNPCL’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Bashir Ojulari.
The President, thereafter, proceeded to the All Progressives Congress National Summit at the State House Banquet Hall.
The 11-member board includes Adedapo Segun and Bello Rabiu, representing the North West; Yusuf Usman, representing the North East; and Babs Omotowa, a former Managing Director of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, representing the North Central.
Also on the board are Austin Avuru, Non-Executive Director for the South-South; David Ige, representing the South-West; and Henry Obih, representing the South-East.
Lydia Jafiya, Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance, is billed to serve on the board as the ministry’s representative, while Aminu Ahmed will represent the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.
There were also top government officials who witnessed the ceremony, including the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris; and Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri.
