President Goodluck Jonathan relieved the Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Abiye Membere of his position yesterday even as he appointed 5 new Executive Directors.
According to a Statement from the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the PResident appointed
(1) Mr. Ian Gregory Udoh – Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemicals
(2) Dr. Dan Iwoene Efebo – Group Executive Director, Corporate Services
(3) Ms. Aisha Mata Abdurrahman – Group Executive Director, Business Development
(4) Mr. Adebayo Ibikunle Ibirogba -Group Executive Director, Engineering and Technical
(5) Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha -Acting Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production.
Mr. Ian Gregory Udoh, a native of Akwa Ibom State, has been the Managing Director of Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemicals Company Ltd. (PHRC) since November 2012.
“He has considerable experience of managing the nation’s refineries having previously held the position of Executive Director, Operations at both the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company Ltd. (KRPC) and the Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemicals Company Ltd. In addition, Mr. Udoh has served as a General Manager in the Refining and Petrochemicals Directorate of NNPC.
Dr. Dan Iwoene Efebo, a native of Bayelsa State, is currently the Group General Manager in charge of the NNPC’s Human Resources Division, and he was previously General Manager, Human Resources, Brass LNG.
Kogi State-born Ms. Aisha Mata Abdurrahman has been Managing Director of Nikorma, NNPC’s shipping subsidiary, since March 2011. She has also served as Managing Director of Hyson, an NNPC trading subsidiary, and as Executive Director (Services) of the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC).
Mr. Adebayo Ibikunle Ibirogba, a Chemical Engineer, is currently the Group General Manager, Engineering in the NNPC’s Engineering and Technology Directorate, and hails from Ogun State. He has also served as General Manager (New Business), General Manager (Gas Development), and Group General Manager, Greenfield Refineries. In 2010, Mr. Ibirogba became the first African to be elected to the Board of Directors of the World LP Gas Association.
Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha who replaces Mr. Abiye H. Membere as Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production, has been the Managing Director of Integrated Data Services Ltd (IDSL) since 2005. He is an indigene of Borno State and has served the Corporation diligently, over the years, in various capacities, in the upstream and downstream sectors of the industry.
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