President Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan has approved the
following appointments and
changes in the management of
the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) and the
Nigerian Petroleum Development
Company (NPDC):
The Federal Government, Friday,
announced the appointment of
Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha as
Group Managing Director of the
Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, NNPC.
The Federal Government, in a
statement released in Abuja, also
announced the appointment of
Mr Anthony Ugonna Muoneke as
the new Managing Director of
the Nigeria Petroleum
Development Company, NPDC.
Dawha is to replace Mr. Andrew
Yakubu, the erstwhile Group
Managing Director of the NNPC,
while Muoneke is to replace Mr.
Victor Briggs, who is the
erstwhile chief executive of the
NPDC.
The Federal Government also
appointed Ms Aisha Mata
Abdurrahman, Group Executive
Director, Commercial and
Investment, NNPC and Dr Attahir
Yusuf, Group Executive Director,
Business Development, NNPC.
Dawha hails from Borno state. He
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.
Muoneke hails from Anambra
state. He was called to the
Nigerian Bar in 1985, with over
29 years’ 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 &
Administration, Niger Delta
Power Holding Company Ltd.
(NDPHC).
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