In a bid to strengthen and reposition the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, towards attaining global excellence and profitability, the management of the Corporation has announced the promotion and redeployment of some staff to fill key vacant positions.
The new appointments include that of Garba Deen Muhammad, who will take over fro. Kennie Obateru as the group general manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation. Muhammad was the former president of, Nigerian Guild of Editors and was the former GGM GPAD before he was redeployed to another unit.
In a statement released by Kennie Obateru, corporation’s group general manager, Group Public Affairs Division, on Monday, August 8, Billy Okoye has been appointed the new group executive director, Ventures & Business Development while Aisha Ahmadu-Katagum has been promoted to the position of group executive director, Corporate Services.
Until their new appointments, Okoye and Ahmadu-Katagum were group general managers, Crude Oil Marketing Division, COMD, and Supply Chain Management Division in the Corporation, respectively.
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Adeyemi Adetunji, formerly chief operating officer, Business & Ventures Development, becomes the group executive director, Downstream, while Mohammed Abdulkabir Ahmed, formerly chief operating officer, Corporate Services, becomes the group executive director, Gas & Power.
Other chief operating officer positions in the corporation have now been redesignated as group executive directors, GEDs, in alignment with the rules of Company & Allied Matters Act (CAMA), preparatory to the new status of the Corporation as a Limited Liability Company, post-Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB.
The repositioning also saw the disengagement of Yusuf Usman, formerly chief operating officer, Gas & Power.
On the Development, Mallam Mele Kyari, group managing director of the corporation, said the new appointments would enable the corporation live up to the expectations of Nigerians and achieve its vision of becoming a world-class energy company of choice.
