President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawna as the new Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Dr. Dawna replaces Engr. Andrew Yakubu in a major shake-up in the Nigeria’s oil giant corporation announced by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, in a statement in Abuja on Friday.
Also appointed was Mr. Anthony Ugonna Muoneke as the new Managing Director of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC). He replaces Engr. Victor Briggs.
Ms. Aisha Mata Abdurrahman was appointed as the Group Executive Director, Commercial and Investment of the NNPC and Dr. Attahiru B. Yusuf as the Group Executive Director, Business Development, NNPC.
The new Group Managing Director of the NNPC hails from Borno state.
He has served previously as the Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production, NNPC and Managing Director of Integrated Data Services Ltd (IDSL), a subsidiary of the NNPC.
Mr Anthony Muoneke, the new Managing Director of the NPDC, hails from Anambra state. Called to the Nigerian Bar in 1985, he has over 29 years’ experience at both local and international levels in the oil and gas as well as the energy and power sectors, including serving as Executive Director, Finance & Admin, Niger Delta Power Holding Company Ltd. (NDPHC).
According to the statement, all the appointments are with immediate effect.
Disappointed in thisday and their unverified news. Just to make it clear , the former MD of NPDC (mr Victor Briggs) was not sacked. He was redeployed to another subsidiary company of NNPC earlier in the year. The most senior executive director in NPDC had previously been heading NPDC in an acting capacity until the appointment of Mr Anthony Munueke as the substantive managing director of NPDC yesterday. .