President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Thomas
John as the acting alternate chairman of the Governing Board of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, bringing to an end the
tenure of the former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe
Kachikwu.
NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, who announced this in
Abuja, stated that the new board chairman would hold the position
until the appointment of a new Minister or Minister of State for Petroleum Resources by the President.
Baru also said the new chairman’s appointment was with immediate effect.
The GMD said, “Dr John, a former Group Managing Director of the NNPC,
is before the appointment, a member of the NNPC Governing Board.”
The NNPC had seen series of changes in various management positions in
recent weeks.
The President also appointed seven new Chief Operating Officers for
the corporation.
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