Eight NNPC group directors fired by President Buhari

Twenty-four hours after the Federal Government
replaced the Group Managing Director of the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, it
announced the sacking of all the eight executive
directors of the corporation.
This was confirmed by the Group General
Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Mr.
Ohi Alegbe, in a statement on Wednesday night in
Abuja.
Alegbe said in the statement, “The Federal
Government has approved the retirement of all
eight group executive directors of the NNPC with
immediate effect.
“The affected group executive directors are Mr.
Bernard Otti, GED, Finance and Accounts; Dr.
Timothy Okon, acting GED, Exploration and
Production, who also doubled as the Coordinator,
Corporate Planning & Strategy; Mr. Adebayo
Ibirogba, Engineering and Technology; Dr. David
Ige, Gas and Power; Ms. Aisha Abdurrahman,
Commercial and Investment; Dr. Dan Efebo,
Corporate Services; Mr. Ian Udoh, Refining &
Petrochemicals; and Dr. Attahiru Yusuf, Business
Development.”
The statement noted that the new Group Managing
Director of the NNPC, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, personally
conveyed the Federal Government’s decision to the
GEDs.
He expressed gratitude to them for their services
to the corporation and wished them success in
their future endeavours.
No replacements were named, but our
correspondent gathered that four new group
executive director positions had been created and
that some names were already being considered
by President Muhammadu Buhari to fill them.
Sources at the corporation gave the new
directorates as of Refining and Engineering,
Exploration and Production, Commercial and
Investment, and Finance.
Buhari had a week ago, pledged to fix the oil
sector, rid the industry of rot and recover money
stolen by operators in the sector.
On Tuesday, he relieved Dr. Joseph Dawha of his
appointment as the GMD of the national oil firm,
replacing him with Kachikwu, who until his
appointment was the Executive Vice Chairman and
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