The newly-appointed Group Managing Director (GMD) of the NNPC, Mr Andrew Yakubu, has pledged to ensure transparency, accountability and professionalism in the operations of the corporation.<\/p>\n
This is contained in a statement issued by the acting Group General Manger, Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Mr Fidel Pepple, on Sunday in Abuja.<\/p>\n
It quoted Yakubu as saying: “under my watch the NNPC will assiduously seek to reinforce the tenets of accountability and transparency in line with the transformation agenda of the Federal Government.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
The statement described Yakubu as a man of proven integrity with a huge appetite for hard work and called on all staff members to key into his transformation programme.<\/p>\n
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that President Goodluck Jonathan had on June 26, ordered the retirement of the erstwhile GMD, Austen Oniwon and appointed Yakubu as the successor.<\/p>\n
Yakubu, who joined the NNPC in 1980, was until his recent appointment the Group Executive Director (GED), Exploration and Production.<\/p>\n
He was credited with raising the average oil production to 2.4 million barrels per day in spite of the arduous challenges.<\/p>\n
The 1979 Chemical Engineering graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria was also credited with championing the divestment process and assignment of equity to the Nigeria petroleum Development Company (NPDC).<\/p>\n
Yakubu was also responsible for turning around the Warri Refinery as Manging Director of the Refinery after the plant exploded in 1989.<\/p>\n
The new NNPC boss hails from Kaduna State and was born on Sept. 10, 1955, in Unguwar Wakili, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of the state. (NAN)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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