Jonathan appoints new Group Executive Directors for NNPC

All the appointments are with immediate effect.

President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed new Group Executive Directors for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to fill critical vacancies which currently exist in the Corporation.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati.

The new appointees and their portfolios include Gregory Udoh – Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemicals; Dan Efebo – Group Executive Director, Corporate Services; Aisha Abdurrahman – Group Executive Director, Business Development; Adebayo Ibirogba -Group Executive Director, Engineering and Technical; and Joseph Dawha -Acting Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production.

Mr. Udoh is a native of Akwa Ibom State and has been the Managing Director of Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemicals Company Ltd. (PHRC) since November 2012.

He has experience in managing Nigeria’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. He has also served as a General Manager in the Refining and Petrochemicals Directorate of NNPC.

Mr. Efebo is currently the Group General Manager, in charge of the NNPC’s Human Resources Division. He was previously General Manager, Human Resources, Brass LNG. He hails from Bayelsa State.

Ms. Abdurrahman is a native of Kogi State and has been the 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. 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.

Mr. Dawha who replaces Mr. 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, over the years, in various capacities, in the upstream and downstream sectors of the industry.

All the appointments are with immediate effect.