President Mohammed Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, 5th of January announced the appointment of Senator Margret Chuba Okadigbo as chairman of the Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.
The announcement was made known by his special adviser on media and publicity; Femi Adesina. He stated the appointment of a nine-man Board for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in accordance to with the power vested in President under Section 59(2) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021.
However in September 2021, the president had written the Senate on the administrative structure amendments to the Petroleum Industry Act, which included appointment of Non-Executive Board Members, removal of the Ministries of Petroleum and Finance from the Board of the two new institutions, and appointment of Executive Directors.
This new appointment takes effects from the date of the incorporation of the NNPC Limited. Mrs Okadigbo’s appointment as chair of NNPC Board is coming months after the President halted the inauguration of the board to be chaired by Senator Ifeanyi Ararume, which he appointed in September 2021.
Other Board Members are; Dr Tajudeen Umar (North East), Mrs Lami O. Ahmed (North Central), Mallam Mohammed Lawal (North West), Engr. Henry Obih (South East), Barrister Constance Harry Marshal (South South), and Chief Pius Akinyelure(South West).
The president also appointed the Executive Commissioners of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission. They are: Dr Nuhu Habib (Kano), Executive Commissioner, Development and Production, Dr Kelechi Onyekachi Ofoegbu (Imo), Executive Commissioner, Economic Regulations and Strategic Planning, Capt. Tonlagha Roland John (Delta), Executive Commissioner, Health, Safety, Environment and Community, and Jide Adeola (Kogi), Executive Commissioner, Corporate Services and Administration.
New appointees at the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority are Francis Alabo Ogaree (Rivers), Executive Director, Hydrocarbon Processing, Mustapha Lamorde (Adamawa), Executive Director, Health, Safety, Environment and Community, Mansur Kuliya (Kano), Executive Director, Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund, Bashir Sadiq (Sokoto), Executive Director, Corporate Services and Administration, and Dr Zainab Gobir (Kwara), Executive Director, Economic Regulations and Strategic Planning.
They join the Board Chairman, Executive Director, Downstream Systems, Storage and Retailing Infrastructure, the CEO, and Executive Director, Finance and Accounts, who had earlier been appointed.
