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.
The new NCC Chief Executive’s other academic qualifications include a
Bachelors Degree in Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications as well
as a Masters Degree in the same field.
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.