President Buhari appoints new NNPC GMD [Nigerian News]

ABUJA (State House Press Report ) – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu (Dr) as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

The statement from the  Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina on Tuesday August 4, 2015 indicated that Emmanuel Kachikwu, who was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of Exxon-Mobil (Africa) is to take over from Joseph Thlama Dawha (Dr). He explained that Kachikwu, who is a First Class Graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria,  Nsukka and the Nigerian Law School hails from Onicha-Ugbo in Delta State.

“The new NNPC Chief Executive holds a Masters and a Doctorate Degree in Law from the  Harvard Law School. He started his working career with the Nigerian/American Merchant Bank before moving to Texaco Nigeria Limited and after about eight years, he joined ExxonMobil,” he espoused.

“President Buhari has also approved the appointment of Umaru Garba Danbatta (Professor) as the new Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Umaru Danbatta, who holds a Doctorate Degree in Electronic Engineering is taking over from Eugene Juwah (Dr) whose tenure expired on July 29, 2015. The new NCC Chief Executive hold a Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications.”

Femi Adesina informed that Umaru Danbatta is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and has had a meritorious career becoming a professor of Electrical Engineering and Electronics at the Bayero University, Kano, where he specialised in Telecommunications Engineering and Information and Communications Technology.

The  Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity noted that before his new appointment, Umaru Danbatta held top management and leadership positions at different times such as Head of Department, Dean Of Faculty and Director of the Centre for Information Technology. He was also the  Chairman of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (Kano Branch), Deputy Vice Chancellor and Acting Vice Chancellor. “His appointment as Executive Vice Chairman of NCC is for a tenure of five years.