{"id":29736,"date":"2014-08-02T05:18:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T04:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=29736"},"modified":"2014-08-02T05:18:20","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T04:18:20","slug":"jonathan-sacks-nnpc-group-md-yakubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/jonathan-sacks-nnpc-group-md-yakubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan sacks NNPC Group MD, Yakubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has sacked the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Andrew Yakubu.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0He has been replaced by a former\u00a0<span style=\"color: #141823;\">\u00a0Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production, NNPC and Managing Director of Integrated Data Services Ltd (IDSL), a subsidiary of the NNPC,<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Dr Joseph Thlama Dawha,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The new Managing Director of\u00a0the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) is Mr Anthony Ugonna Muoneke<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u200eOthers are\u00a0Ms Aisha Mata Abdurrahaman, who is the new Group Executive Director, Commercial<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0and Investment, NNPC, and \u200e Dr Attahir B. Yusuf who becomes the new \u00a0Group Executive Director, Business.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>All the new appointments take immediate effects.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"color: #141823;\">The new Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Dawha hails from Borno state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #141823;\">\n<p style=\"color: #141823;\">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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #141823;\">\n<p style=\"color: #141823;\">Mr Anthony Muoneke, the new Managing Director of the NPDC, hails from Anambra state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #141823;\">\n<p style=\"color: #141823;\">\u00a0He was called \u00a0to the Nigerian Bar in 1985, he has over 29 years\u2019 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 &amp; Admin, Niger Delta Power Holding Company Ltd. 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