Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari has been appointed as the new Group Managing Director of the Corporation by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Mr. Kyari, also doubled as Nigeria’s National Representative to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), is the 19th GMD of the Corporation.
According to the Corporation in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday in Abuja by Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, also appointed alongside Kyari, are seven new Chief Operating Officers (COOs).
The appointments take immediate effect.
The new Coos are: 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 Said (North West) – Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Services.
The new GMD, is a 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 through an infusion of transparency and automation of the processes, the release by the NNPC spokesperson, stated.
While the new GMD and the newly appointed COOs are expected to work with the current occupiers of the various offices till 7th July, 2019 towards a smooth transition on 8th July 2019, the appointment of Mr. Farouk Garba Said, who is replacing a retiring Chief Operating Officer, is effective from 28th June, 2019.
