Former Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director (GMD), Mohammed Barkindo, is the new Secretary-General of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Barkindo also served as the acting secretary-general of OPEC in 2006, and was NNPC GMD from 2009-2010.
An excerpt of an official statement obtained from OPEC’s website reads: “The Conference decided to appoint Mr. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, from Nigeria, as Secretary General of the Organization, with effect from 1st August 2016, for a period of three years. In doing so, the Conference expressed its appreciation to HE Abdalla Salem El-Badri for his leadership of the Secretariat and the Organization during his tenure as Secretary General.”
The minister of state for petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu also confirmed the appointment of Barkindo as the new OPEC Secretary-General on his Twitter page.
Kachikwu said “It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo has been appointed next #OPEC Secretary General.”
“Congratulations Dr. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo on your appointment as OPEC Secretary General.”
Barkindo’s appointment was decided at the 169th Meeting of the organisation, which was held in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, 2nd June 2016.
Diezani Alison Mdueke was the first female President of OPEC. She was elected at the 166th OPEC Ordinary meeting in Vienna on 27 November 2014.
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a permanent intergovernmental organisation of 13 oil-exporting developing nations that coordinates and unifies the petroleum policies of its member countries.
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