President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mele Kolo Kyari as the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
A statement by the NNPC Group General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndu Ughamadu said that President Buhari also appointed alongside Kyari, seven new Chief Operating Officers.
Until his new appointment, Kyari, a geologist, was Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division of NNPC and also doubled, since 13th May, 2018, as Nigeria’s National Representative to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC.
President Buhari has directed that the New GMD and the newly appointed Chief Operating Officers work with the current occupiers of the various offices till 7th July towards a smooth transition on 8th July 2019 when their appointments would take effect to ensure a smooth transition.
However, the appointment of Farouk Garba Said North-West, who is replacing a retiring Chief Operating Officer, is effective from 28th June, 2019.
