… promotes, redeploys for post PIB operations
BY KENNETH EZE
With efforts in top gear to propel the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation towards global excellence and profitability, the Management of the Corporation has announced the promotion and redeployment of some staff to fill key vacant positions.
Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Dr. Kennie Obateru in a statement on Monday, said that Billy Okoye has been appointed the new Group Executive Director, Ventures and Business Development while Aisha Ahmadu-Katagum has been promoted to the position of Group Executive Director, Corporate Services.
He stated, “Until their new appointments, Mr. Okoye and Mrs. Ahmadu-Katagum were Group General Managers, Crude Oil Marketing Division (COMD) and Supply Chain Management Division in the Corporation, respectively.”
Other promotions announced by the Corporation include, Adeyemi Adetunji, formerly Chief Operating Officer, Business and Ventures Development, who was promoted to Group Executive Director, Downstream, while Mohammed Abdulkabir Ahmed, formerly Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Services, was elevated to Group Executive Director, Gas and Power.
The statement revealed that “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).”
It added that “the repositioning also saw the disengagement of Engr. Yusuf Usman, formerly Chief Operating Officer, Gas & Power.”
The Corporation also made new appointments as part of the strategy for strengthening and repositioning.
“The new appointments,” the statement said, “include that of Mr. Garba Deen Muhammad, who will take over from Dr. Kennie Obateru as the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation.”
On the development, Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mele Kyari, 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.
