President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mele Kolo Kyari as the new GMD of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) alongside seven Chief Operating Officers .
The newly appointed officers are to work with current officeholders till July 7, 2019, according to a statement by the NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Ndu Ughamadu.
“President Buhari has directed that the New GMD and the newly appointed COOs work with the current occupiers of the various offices till 7th July 2019 towards a smooth transition on 8th 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 28th June 2019,” the statement read in part.
They include:
Roland Onoriode Ewubare (S/South) – COO Upstream
Mustapha Yinusa Yakubu (N/ Central) – COO Refining & Petrochemicals
Yusuf Usman (N/East) – COO, Gas & Power
Lawrencia Nwadiabuwa Ndupu (S/East), COO Ventures
Umar Isa Ajiya (N/West) – Chief Financial Officer
Adeyemi Adetunji (S/West) – COO, Downstream and
Farouk Garba Said (N/West) – COO, Corporate Services.
Until his new appointment, Kyari, a geologist, was Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing
Division of NNPC and also doubled, since 13th May 2018, as Nigeria’s National Representative to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC.
