Buhari sacks heads of NNPC subsidiaries, appoints 4 new Group Executive Directors

The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation

(NNPC) has appointed four new Group Executive Directors to man the

four new Directorates that have been approved by the Presidency.

The new Group Managing Director, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu,

disclosed that the new appointments are in line with the Federal

Government’s aspiration to transform the Corporation into a lean,

efficient, business-focused, transparent and accountable national oil

company in keeping with international best practices.

Maikanti Baru, GED Exploration &

Production

The appointments, which were approved by President Muhammadu

Buhari, include Dr. Maikanti Baru, Group Executive Director,

Exploration & Production; Mr. Isiaka Abdulrazaq, Group Executive

Director, Finance & Services; Engr. Dennis Nnamdi Ajulu, Group

Executive Director, Refining & Technology; and Dr. Babatunde Victor

Adeniran, Group Executive Director, Commercial & Investment.

Engr. Dennis Ajulu, GED Refining

& Engineering 

A new Company Secretary/Legal Adviser and Managing Directors have

also been appointed for the Strategic Business Units. They are: Chidi

Momah, Group General Manager, Company Secratarty & Legal

Adviser; Mrs. Esther Nnamdi Ogbue, Managing Director, Pipelines and

Products Marketing Company (PPMC); Engr. Chinedu Ezeribe,

Managing Director, Warri Refinning & Petrochemicals Company

(WRPC); Mr. Babatunde Bakare, Managing Director, Nigerian Gas

Company (NGC); Mr. Inuwa Ibrahim Waya, Managing Director, Hyson;

Mr. Abubakar Mai-Bornu, Managing Director, Nigerian Petroleum

Development Company (NPDC); and Mr. Ladipo Fagbola, Managing

Director, NNPC Retail.

Others are: Mr. Rowland Ewubare, Managing Director, Integrated Data

Services Ltd (IDSL); Mr. Modupe Bammeke, Managing Director, NNPC

Prpoerties; Mr. Abdulkadir Saidu, Managing Director, Duke Oil; and

Mr. Dafe Sejebor, Group General Manager, Nigerian Petroleum

Investment Management Services (NAPIMS).

Isiaka Abdulrazak, GED Finance &

Services

The Corporation also retired 38 top management staff, reducing the

number from 122 to 83.

Also in line with the aspiration to reposition the Corporation, 12

personnel have been recruited from the private sector into the top

management cadre to jump-start a new business outlook to enhance

the operational environment as a profit-driven business as against the

current civil service orientation.

Source : Premium Times