{"id":117025,"date":"2025-04-02T07:01:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T06:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=117025"},"modified":"2025-04-02T07:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T06:02:28","slug":"breaking-tinubu-sacks-kyari-appoints-ojulari-as-nnpcl-gceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-tinubu-sacks-kyari-appoints-ojulari-as-nnpcl-gceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Tinubu sacks Kyari, Appoints Ojulari as NNPCL GCEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Daniel Adaji<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a significant shake-up at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), President Bola Tinubu has dismissed Mele Kyari as the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) and appointed Bayo Ojulari as his successor.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The move, which sources familiar with the administration\u2019s internal workings confirmed this early on Wednesday, is part of a broader restructuring effort aimed at repositioning the state-owned oil company.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additionally, Ahmadu Kida has been named as the non-executive chairman of the company. The President also relieved all board members who were appointed alongside former board chairman Margery Okadigbo and Kyari in November 2023.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adedapo Segun, who took over the role of Chief Financial Officer from Umaru Ajiya last November, has been named to the new board by President Tinubu.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The newly constituted board members, representing the country\u2019s geopolitical zones as non-executive directors, include Bello Rabiu (North West), Yusuf Usman (North East), and Babs Omotowa, a former managing director of the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG), representing North Central.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the South, Austin Avuru has been appointed as a non-executive director, while David Ige will represent the South-West and Henry Obih has been appointed to represent the South-East.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mrs Lydia Shehu Jafiya, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance, will represent the ministry on the new board, while Aminu Said Ahmed has been appointed as the representative of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Daniel Adaji In a significant shake-up at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), President Bola Tinubu has dismissed Mele Kyari as the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) and&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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