NNPC Boss sacked and replaced

President Goodluck Jonathan has fired the Group
Managing Director of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation, Andrew Yakubu.
Read the press statement announcing the sack and
the appointment of a replacement below.
Details later…
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT JONATHAN APPOINTS NEW CEOs FOR
NNPC AND NPDC
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):
1.         Dr Joseph Thlama Dawha – Group Managing
Director, NNPC
2.        Mr Anthony Ugonna Muoneke – Managing
Director, NPDC
3.        Ms Aisha Mata Abdurrahman – Group
Executive Director, Commercial and Investment,
NNPC
4.        Dr Attahir B. Yusuf – Group Executive
Director, Business Development, NNPC
The new Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr.
Dawha hails from Borno state. He has 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.
Mr Anthony Muoneke, the new Managing Director of
the NPDC, hails from Anambra state. Called to the
Nigerian Bar in 1985, he has 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 & Admin, Niger Delta Power Holding
Company Ltd. (NDPHC).
All the appointments are with immediate effect.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
August 1, 2014