Buhari appoints new NNPC board

President Muhammadu Buhari has removed Dr Ibe Kachikwu as Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

A statement signed by the presidential spokesperson Femi Adesina revealed  that while Kachikwu remains minister of state for petroleum, a new board with  Maikanti Baru as the new GMD, was also constituted  as provided for under Section 1(2) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Act of 1997, as amended.

Kachikwu will however serve as chairman of the NNPC board, and other members of the board as constituted include:

A. Chairman-Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum;

B. Group Managing Director- Dr Maikanti Kacalla Baru;

C. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance; and

D. The following six persons:

1. Mallam Abba Kyari

2. Dr Thomas M.A John

3. Dr Pius O. Akinyelure

4. Dr Tajuddeen Umar

5. Mallam Mohammed Lawal, and

6. Mallam Yusuf Lawal.