Forty five percent of the total number of management positions in the recent promotion exercise conducted by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) went to officers from the South-South geopolitical zone, documents obtained by ­ Daily Trust showed yesterday.


The home region of both President Goodluck Jonathan and Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Allison-Madueke grabbed 17 new management staff positions out of the 38 on offer.



The documents indicated that six out of the top eight management positions of Group General Manager (GGMs) are occupied by South-South indigenes, as is the new Coordinator, Corporate Planning and Strategy [equivalent to Group Executive Director, which is now occupied by Timothy Effiong Okon from Akwa Ibom State.

In the promotion list, South East came second with seven posts equivalent to 18 percent while North West came third with 5 new posts or 13 percent. South West and North Central zones occupied the fourth position with 4 new posts each which or 10.5 percent, while the North East was left holding the hat with only one post.

The list shows that the position of GGM and Senior Technical Assistant to the Minister is held by Gabiddon Meheux from Rivers State, while the new Managing Director, Warri Refinery and Petrochemicals Company, Simon Itua Ehiemua is from Edo State. Managing Director of the National Engineering and Technical Company Limited is Lewis Ochuko Binitie-Cassidy from Delta state.

Other top management staffers are GGM Special Projects, Obeley Paul from Rivers State and GGM, Power, Ayebaemi Opuene from Bayelsa State.

In all, the North has only 10 new posts out of 38 and the remaining 28 went to the southern part of the country.

NNPC’s Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division Dr Levi Ajounuma did not respond to the text messages sent to him for comment.

The Corporation also announced a redeployment of some top management staff that involved 23 persons. Key among them are GGM NNCP service, Maikanti Kacalla Baru who is now the GGM, Liquefied Natural Gas. GGM, Finance is now Managing Director, Pension and the former MD, Pension is now the MD, Hyson, a company that operates in the upstream sector.

Bashir Abdullahi Suleiman, younger brother of the former first Hajia Turai Yar’Adua, who was on overseas development assignment is now the Managing Director of Nigaz- a Joint Venture company between NNPC and Gazprom of Russia. Former GGM, LNG Bello Mohammed Buhari is now the GGM, New Business Development, while former GGM, Special Service Auwalu Abubakar is now the GGM Regulatory Compliance. Another GGM, Special Service, Umar Faruk Bello is now MD, NNPC Retail Limited.

Last week, President Goodluck Jonathan approved the extension of the tenure of NNPC’s Group Managing Director Mr Augustin Oniwon beyond April 2011, when he was due to retire.The president also approved the appointment and redeployment of Group Executive Directors of the Corporation. The affected GEDs are Mr Philip O. Chukwu, GED (Exploration and Production) who was re-assigned to Refining and Petrochemicals; Chukwu hails from Imo State.

Also appointed is Mr Andrew Laah Yakubu, Managing Director Warri Refinery who is now GED Exploration and Production. He hails from Kaduna State.

Dr David Oluseyi Ige, Group General Manager Gas Master Plan has been appointed the GED Gas and Power. Ige hails from Oyo State. Also, Mr Haruna Omoye Momoh, who was before now the Group General Manager and Senior Technical Assistant to the Minister, is now the Managing Director of Pipelines and Products Marketing Company Ltd (PPMC). Momoh hails from Edo State.

Mr Goody Chike Egbuji, General Manager, Projects of NNPC has been appointed Executive Secretary, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). Egbuji hails from Enugu State.

Dr Timothy Effiong Okon, Group General Manager, Corporate Planning & Strategy (CP&S) has been appointed the Corporate Coordinator, Corporate Planning & Strategy. Dr Okon hails from Akwa Ibom State.

A new Group Directorate has been created namely the Business Development Directorate of the NNPC, which subsumes the functions of the current Special Services Directorate. Aminu Baba-Kusa has been deployed to head the new Directorate. He hails from Kano State.

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hav u seen why d 'sudanes' wd always com for direction, a blind man leading anoda blind man, 6 out of 8 GGMs,now tell me where is d one nigeria

One day the Oil will finish, lets see how SS is going to survive

Why should we bother the nation about promotions in the NNPC if we are a serious nation. NNPC is just an oil company (a bankrupt and poorly run one for that matter!) The Rilwan Lukman's favoured their own when they were in charge so why should Jonathan not reverse it and favour his own kith and kiln?

The home region of both President Goodluck Jonathan and Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Allison-Madueke grabbed 17 new management staff positions out of the 38 on offer.

The keyword to me here is "NEW". This means that the exercise could have been carried out to ensure "balance". Until facts are provided about all the management positions(old and new) I see this as "aboki" propaganda.

fstranger3:

One day the Oil will finish, lets see how SS is going to survive

Why not think of how you and your people will survive after the oil. Think and tell me how many states in your region can survive without handouts from the center. Think properly please.

At the moment, the oil is "everything"  in terms of revenue not just to SS but to the entire nation. Dont make the mistake of telling me about IGR in lagos because that in itself happens indirectly by oil revenue.