Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari appoints New NNPC Board Members. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), after the expiration of the term of the board members appointed in 2016, this was reported by the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina on Saturday, 30th of May 2020
In a statement issued on Saturday, May 30, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina said that members of the new board are:
Mohammed Lawal (northwest),
Tajudeen Umar (northeast),
Adamu Mahmood Attah (north central),
Senator Magnus Abe (south-south),
Stephen Dike (southeast), and
Chief Pius Akinyelure (southwest).
He also state that the new board will be in place for three years.
Meanwhile, the immediate past group managing director of NNPC, Maikanti Baru, died on Friday, May 29.
It was reported that his demise was disclosed by the current group managing director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, via his verified Twitter handled.
Baru was appointed NNPC GMD by President Muhammadu Buhari in July 2016, a position he held up until 2019.
Baru announced his retirement from NNPC in July 2019 when he clocked the age of 60. He was born in July 1959 in Misau, Bauchi state.
He attended Federal Government College, Jos for his secondary education where he graduated in 1978. In 1982, he obtained his bachelor of engineering degree from Ahmadu Bello University.
Baru had a doctorate in Computer-Aided Engineering from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. He was the 18th GMD of NNPC.
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