BUHARI REMOVES KACHIKWU, APPOINTS NEW NNPC BOARD CHAIRMAN
President Muhammadu Buhari has
appointed Dr Thomas John as the acting alternate chairman of the Governing
Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, bringing to an end the
tenure of the former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu.
NNPC’s Group Managing Director,
Maikanti Baru, who announced this in Abuja, stated that the new board chairman
would hold the position until the appointment of a new Minister or Minister of
State for Petroleum Resources by the President.
Baru also said the new chairman’s
appointment was with immediate effect.
The GMD said, “Dr John, a former
Group Managing Director of the NNPC, is before the appointment, a member of the
NNPC Governing Board.”
Baru added, “He (John) will hold
the position of the Acting Alternate Chairman of the Governing Board until a
new Minister of Petroleum Resources or Minister of State for Petroleum
Resources is appointed to assume the Chairmanship or Alternate Chairmanship
position, respectively in line with Sections 1(3) and 2(1) of the NNPC Act. The
new appointment takes effect immediately.”
The NNPC had seen series of
changes in various management positions in recent weeks. Last week, the
President appointed Mr Mele Kyari as the new Group Managing Director of the
corporation, who would assume office after the end of the current GMD’s tenure
on July 7, 2019.
The President also appointed
seven new Chief Operating Officers for the corporation.
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