President Muhammadu Buhari.
The full list of new NNPC board appointed by President Buhari has emerged.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
President Buhari’s decision to reconstitution the new NNPC board was disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday morning, May 30, by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
Adesina said the news NNPC board which is coming after the expiration of the term of the board members appointed in 2016, will be in place for three years. Adesina’s statement came on a day the death Maikanti Baru, a former NNPC GMD was announced.
The statement reads thus; “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), after the expiration of the term of the board members appointed in 2016.
“Members of the new Board are Mohammed Lawal (North West), Tajudeen Umar (North East), Adamu Mahmood Attah (North Central), Senator Magnus Abe (South-South), Dr Stephen Dike (South East), and Chief Pius Akinyelure (South West).
“The new board will be in place for three years,” the statement added.