19th March, 2014
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of five new group executive directors for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
The new appointees are Ian Gregory Udoh, in charge of Refining and Petrochemicals, Dr. Dan Iwoene Efebo, Corporate Services, Ms. Aisha Mata Abdurrahman , Business Development, Mr. Adebayo Ibikunle Ibirogba, Engineering and Technical and Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha, Exploration and Production. The latter will for now serve in acting capacity.
Udoh, is from Akwa Ibom State and has been the Managing Director of Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemicals Company since November 2012. He had worker in both the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company Ltd. (KRPC) and the Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemicals Company Ltd in senior positions. He also served as a General Manager in the Refining and Petrochemicals Directorate of NNPC.
Efebo who has been promoted executive director of corporate services is currently the Group General Manager, in charge of the NNPC’s Human Resources Division. He was previously General Manager, Human Resources, Brass LNG. He hails from Bayelsa state.
Ms. Aisha Mata Abdurrahman from Kogi State has been the Managing Director of Nikorma, NNPC’s shipping subsidiary, since March 2011. Ms. Abdurrahman has also served as Managing Director of Hyson, an NNPC trading subsidiary, and as Executive Director (Services) of the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC).
Mr. Adebayo Ibikunle Ibirogba, a Chemical Engineer, is at the moment the Group General Manager, Engineering in the NNPC’s Engineering and Technology Directorate, and hails from Ogun State. He has also served as General Manager (New Business), General Manager (Gas Development), and Group General Manager, Greenfield Refineries. In 2010, Mr. Ibirogba became the first African to be elected to the Board of Directors of the World LP Gas Association.
Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha who replaces Mr. Abiye H. Membere as Group Executive Director, Exploration and Production, has been the Managing Director of Integrated Data Services Ltd (IDSL) since 2005. He is an indigene of Borno State and has served the Corporation in various capacities, in the upstream and downstream sectors of the industry.
All the appointments are with immediate effect, according to a statement, by Dr. Reuben Abati, special adviser on media to President Goodluck Jonathan.
