Buhari President sacks another 4 NNPC executives, approves replacement

According to the new Group Managing
Director, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, the new
appointments are in line with the Federal
Government’s aspiration to transform the
Corporation.

President Muhammadu Buhari has fired four
Group Executive Directors (GED) of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) and has approved their replacement
in the ongoing shake up of the national oil
company.
According to the new Group Managing
Director, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, the new
appointments are in line with the Federal
Government’s aspiration to transform the
Corporation into a lean, efficient, business-
focused, transparent and accountable
government company in keeping with
international best practices.
The new GED include, Dr. Maikanti Baru,
Group Executive Director, Exploration &
Production; Isiaka Abdulrazaq , Group
Executive Director, Finance & Services; Engr.
Dennis Nnamdi Ajulu, Group Executive
Director, Refining & Technology; and Dr.
Babatunde Victor Adeniran, Group Executive
Director, Commercial & Investment.
Also appointed are new Company Secretary/
Legal Adviser and Managing Directors for the
Strategic Businessneral Manager, Company
Secratarty & Legal Adviser; Esther Nnamdi
Ogbue, Managing Director, Pipelines and
Products Marketing Company (PPMC); Engr.
Chinedu Ezeribe, Managing Director, Warri
Refinning & Petrochemicals Company
(WRPC); Babatunde Bakare, Managing
Director, Nigerian Gas Company (NGC); Inuwa
Ibrahim Waya, Managing Director, Hyson;
Abubakar Mai-Bornu , Managing Director,
Nigerian Petroleum Development Company
(NPDC); and Ladipo Fagbola , Managing
Director, NNPC Retail.
Others are: Rowland Ewubare , Managing
Director, Integrated Data Services Ltd (IDSL);
Modupe Bammeke, Managing Director, NNPC
Prpoerties; Abdulkadir Saidu , Managing
Director, Duke Oil; and Dafe Sejebor, Group
General Manager, Nigerian Petroleum
Investment Management Services (NAPIMS).
Not less than 38 top management staff was
also retired, reducing the number from 122 to
83.
Also in line with the aspiration to reposition
the Corporation, 12 personnel have been
recruited from the private sector into the top
management cadre to jump-start a new
business outlook to enhance the operational
environment as a profit-driven business as
against the current civil service orientation.