President Muhammadu
Buhari has appointed Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director
of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Dr. Kachikwu, who was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of
Exxon-Mobil (Africa), is to take over from Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha.
He hails from Onicha-Ugbo in Delta State. He is a First Class Graduate of Law from the University of
Nigeria, Nsukka and the Nigerian Law School.
The new NNPC Chief Executive also has Masters and Doctorate
Degrees in Law from the Harvard Law School.
He started his working career with the Nigerian/American
Merchant Bank before moving on to Texaco Nigeria Limited from where he joined
Exxon-Mobil.
President Buhari has also approved the appointment of
Professor Umaru Garba Danbatta as the new Executive Vice Chairman and Chief
Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission.
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