Buhari appoints Chuba Okadigbo new Chairman of NNPC Board, confirms Kyari CEO

*President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the constitution of the new Board and Management of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited in accordance with Section 59(2) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Members of the Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited.

ConsumerConnect reports President Buhari has also named Senator Margery Ebo Chuba Okadigbo as Chairman of the new Board.

Senator Margery Ebo Chuba Okadigbo, Chairman, Board of NNPC Limited

Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement said Buhari announced the appointment of Senator Margery Ebo Okadigbo, widow of his one-time presidential running-mate and former Senate President, late Dr. Chuba Okadigbo.

Earlier, the President September 19, 2021, had appointed a Board chaired by Senator Ifeanyi Ararume at the point of the registration of the NNPC Limited in the country.

The Federal Government thereafter postponed the inauguration of the Board November 11 last year.

The statement noted that the President named Malam Mele Kolo Kyari, Group Managing Director (GMD) of NNPC Limited as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the new company, while Mr. Umar Ajiya was appointed as the oil firm’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

Adesina further said: “President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, in accordance with the power vested in him under Section 59(2) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021.

“Chairman of the Board is Senator Margery Chuba Okadigbo (South-East), Mele Kolo Kyari, Chief Executive Officer, and Umar I. Ajiya, Chief Financial Officer.”