…… As Kachikwu reduces number of directorate to four, names new GEDs
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked all the Group Executive Directors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation with immediate effect.
The GEDs fired are Mr. Ian Udoh leading Refining and Petrochemicals, Mr. Adebayo Ibirogba leading the Engineering and Technical team, Dr. David Ige leading Gas and Power, Dr. Attahir Yusuf leading Business Development; Dr. Dan Efebo leading Corporate Services, Mr. Bernard Otti in charge of Finance and Accounts, Ms. Aisha Abdurrahman leading Commerce and Investments, and Mr. Joseph Dawha leading Exploration and Production.
The former President Jonathan appointed all these GEDs in March, 2014.
It was gathered that the newly appointed Group Managing Director, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu has reduced the number of GEDs from nine to four.
The new Directorates and their Group Executive Directors, are as follows:
Refining and Engineering – Dr. M.K Baru
Exploration and Production – Denis Nnamdi
Commercial and Investment -Bankole Komolafe
Finance- Isiaka AbdulRazak
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged by a Niger-Delta Youth Vanguard for APC to set up a probe to look into the alleged sharp practices in the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC.
The group, in a statement, said the federal government would not make any significant headway in the fight against corruption if it fails to probe the goings on in NNPC and NDDC.
Blaming the underdevelopment of the Niger Delta region on past leaders appointed from the region to head NDDC, the group in the statement by its President, Comrade Fredrick Ujobolo, Secretary and PRO, Comrades Gordons Oweiware held that the region would experience rapid development through close monitoring of the allocation accruing to it.
The statement noted that in spite of the billions of naira being accrued to the region through the Niger Delta Ministry, there was nothing to write home about the region apart from bad road network and polluted water.
“The Niger Delta Development Commission has become the oil well for some senators and reps members where the highest looting occurs daily without course to the development of the region. NDDC has become even worse than NNPC and I appeal to Buhari to look at the sharp practices,” the statement said.
While advising the president to be mindful of sycophants and those who joined the All Progressives Congress, APC after the presidential election, the statement said: “those who said APC cannot work in the Niger-Delta region are the same people singing praises of Buhari’s administration because their plans had failed and now see themselves as members of APC, when they don’t know how the party got to this level,”
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