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.
Dr.
Kachikwu 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 where he remained for about eight years
before joining ExxonMobil.
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 (NCC).
Prof.
Danbatta, who holds a Doctorate Degree in Electronic Engineering, takes over
from Dr. Eugene Juwah whose tenure expired on July 29, 2015.
He
is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and has had a meritorious
career in which he rose to become Professor of Electrical Engineering and
Electronics at Bayero University, Kano, specializing in Telecommunications
Engineering and Information and Communications Technology.
Before
his new appointment, Prof. Danbatta held top management and leadership
positions at different times including Head of Department, Dean Of Faculty,
Director, Centre for Information Technology, Chairman of the Nigerian Society
of Engineers (Kano Branch), Deputy Vice Chancellor and Acting Vice Chancellor.
His
appointment as Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC is for five years in the
first instance.
News Credit:
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