President Goodluck Jonathan has
fired the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, Andrew Yakubu.
Read the press statement announcing
the sack and the appointment of a replacement below.
STATE
HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT
JONATHAN APPOINTS NEW CEOs FOR NNPC AND NPDC
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
has approved the following appointments and changes in the management of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Petroleum
Development Company (NPDC):
1. Dr
Joseph Thlama Dawha – Group Managing Director, NNPC
2. Mr
Anthony Ugonna Muoneke – Managing Director, NPDC
3. Ms
Aisha Mata Abdurrahman – Group Executive Director, Commercial and Investment,
NNPC
4. Dr
Attahir B. Yusuf – Group Executive Director, Business Development, NNPC
The new Group Managing Director of
the NNPC, Dr. Dawha hails from Borno state. He has served previously as the
Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production, NNPC and Managing Director
of Integrated Data Services Ltd (IDSL), a subsidiary of the NNPC.
Mr Anthony Muoneke, the new Managing
Director of the NPDC, hails from Anambra state. Called to the Nigerian Bar in
1985, he has over 29 years’ experience at both local and international levels
in the oil and gas as well as the energy and power sectors, including serving
as Executive Director, Finance & Admin, Niger Delta Power Holding Company
Ltd. (NDPHC).
All the appointments are with
immediate effect.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
August 1, 2014
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