Jonathan sacks NNPC boss, appoints Joseph Dawha as replacement

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday sacked the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu.

Reuben Abati, special adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), said in a statement that a replacement, Joseph Dawha, was appointed to take over from him immediately.

Mr. Abati also said the President also approved the appointment of Anthony Muoneke as the Managing Director, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, more than five months after the seat became vacant.

Mr. Abati said all the appointments take immediate effect. Until his appointment, the new Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr. Dawha, who hails from Borno state, served as the acting Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production, NNPC.  He was also formerly the Managing Director of Integrated Data Services Limited, IDSL, a subsidiary of the NNPC.

Mr. Yakubu, who was appointed in July 2012, succeeded the former GMD, Austen Oniwon

Also appointed for the NNPC were Aisha Abdurrahman as the Group Executive Director, Commercial and Investment, while Attahiru Yusuf, formerly Group Executive Director, Commerce & Investments, takes over from her as Group Executive Director, Business Development, NNPC. Ms. Abdurrahman was, until her appointment Group Executive Director, Business Development.

The new Managing Director of the NPDC, Mr. Muoneke, who hails from Anambra state, is a lawyer, who was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985. A legal expert with over 29-year experience as oil and gas lawyer, Mr. Muoneke who has practiced at both local and international levels in both the energy and power sectors, was the Executive Director, Finance & Administration, Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited, NDPHC.

 

Anthony Nlebem