President Muhammadu
Buhari has appointed
Emmanuel Kachikwu as the
new Group Managing
Director (GMD) of the
Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC).
Mr. Kachikwu, who was the
Executive Vice Chairman and
General Counsel of Exxon-
Mobil (Africa), is to take over
from Joseph Dawha, who was
appointed by former
President Goodluck Jonathan.
A first class graduate of law
from the University of
Nigeria, Nsukka, and the
Nigerian Law School, Mr.
Kachikwu hails from Onicha-
Ugbo in Delta State.
The new NNPC Chief
Executive also holds Masters
and Doctorate Degrees in Law
from the Harvard Law
School.
He began his working career
with the Nigerian/American
Merchant Bank before
moving on to Texaco Nigeria
Limited from where he
joined Exxon-Mobil.
A statement by Presidential
Spokesman, Femi Adesina,
said the president has also
approved the appointment of
Umaru Danbatta as the new
Executive Vice Chairman and
Chief Executive of the
Nigerian Communications
Commission, NCC.
His appointment as Executive
Vice Chairman of the NCC is
for five years in the first
instance.
Mr. Danbatta, who holds a
Doctorate Degree in
Electronic Engineering, takes
over from Eugene Juwah
whose tenure expired on July 29, 2015.
Mr. Juwah had been granted a
controversial appointment by the
outgone administration for a second
tenure before the expiration of his first
tenure.
The new NCC Chief Executive’s other
academic qualifications include a
Bachelors Degree in Electronic
Engineering and Telecommunications as
well as a Masters Degree in the same
field.
He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of
Engineers and has had a meritorious
career in which he rose to become
Professor of Electrical Engineering and
Electronics at Bayero University, Kano,
specializing
in Telecommunications Engineering and
Information and Communications
Technology.
Before his new appointment, Danbatta
held top management and leadership
positions at different times including
Head of Department, Dean Of Faculty,
Director, Centre for Information
Technology, Chairman of the Nigerian
Society of Engineers (Kano Branch),
Deputy Vice Chancellor and Acting Vice
Chancellor.

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