The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced fresh appointments and redeployments in the National Oil Company, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen and reposition NNPC for greater efficiency, transparency, and profitability in line with the Next Level Agenda of President Buhari’s Administration.
Mr. Adokiye Tombomieye, the Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division (COMD), has been appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO), Upstream while Mr. Mohammed Abdulkabir Ahmed, as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Gas Marketing Company (NGMC), has been appointed the new Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Services, following the retirement of Engr. Farouk Garba Said, last week.
A release by the corporation’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, said that the change witnessed the redeployment of Engr. Adeyemi Adetunji, the Chief Operating Officer, Upstream, to the Ventures & Business Development Directorate as COO, a position left by Mr. Roland Onoriode Ewubare, who had voluntarily retired last week.
The top-level staff movement also affected Sir. Billy Okoye who has been redeployed from the NNPC Downstream Company, NNPC Retail Limited, as Managing Director, to replace Mr. Tombomieye as the Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division; while Mrs. Elizabeth Aliyuda, the General Manager, Sales, and Marketing NNPC Retail Limited, takes over from Sir Okoye as Managing Director. Similarly, Mr. Usman Farouk, Executive Director Asset Management and Technical Services at the NGMC take over from Mr. Ahmed as the Managing Director.
This release had also explained that President Buhari has accepted the resignation of Mr. Roland Ewubare, who was the immediate past Chief Operating Officer, Ventures, and New Business Directorate of the National Oil Company while the retirement of immediate past Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Services, Engr. Farouk Garba states that he had also received the approval of Mr. President who appreciate the two former COOs for their meritorious service to the corporation.
Speaking on the development, Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Mallam Mele Kyari, said that the new appointments would enable the corporation live up to the expectation of her shareholders, Nigerians, and give impetus to the ongoing restructuring within the Corporation, which, he said, was in line with the corporate vision of Transparency, Accountability & Performance Excellence (TAPE).
