Sweeping Changes In NNPC As Kyari Replaces Baru

President Muhammadu Buhari, has carried out a major reshuffle in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC with the appointment of a new Group Managing Director, GMD in the person of Mr. Mele Kyari.

Kyari who is also Nigeria’s permanent representative to the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, is to take over the baton from the erstwhile GMD, Mikatu Baru with effect from July 8, 2019.

A  from the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu also disclosed the appointment of seven new chief operating officers in the persons of Mr. Roland Onoriode Ewubare (South-South) – Chief Operating Officer, Upstream; Engr. Mustapha Yinusa Yakubu (North Central) – Chief Operating Officer Refining and Petrochemicals; Engr. 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; Engr. Adeyemi Adetunji (South West) – Chief Operating Officer, Downstream and Mr. Farouk Garba Siad (North West) – Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Services.

Speaking on Kyari, Ughumandu in the statement said:
“Mallam 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.

“Kyari would be the 19th Group Managing Director of the National Oil Company.” Ughamadu stated that the outgoing Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, had congratulated the new appointees.”

All the other newly appointed operating officers with the exception of Siad, are to take over from the incumbents with effect from July 8. Siad takes office on June 28 because the person he is taking over from is retiring on that day..

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