Breaking: Tinubu Changes the Leadership of NNPCL: Kyari Is Fired, Ojulari Is Named GCEO, and the Board Is Rearranged

 

All board members who were appointed in November 2023 alongside Akinyelure and Kyari have also been fired by President Tinubu. 

President Tinubu has appointed Adedapo Segun to the new board, succeeding Umaru Isa Ajiya as chief financial officer in November.

 Six non executive directors from the country's geopolitical zones serve on the board. They are Bello Rabiu (North West), Yusuf Usman (North East), and Babs Omotowa (North Central), a former managing director of the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG). 

Austin Avuru, David Ige, and Henry Obih were selected by President Tinubu as non-executive directors from the South-South, South-West, and South-East regions, respectively. Aminu Said Ahmed will represent the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, and Mrs. Lydia Shehu Jafiya, permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance, will serve as the ministry's representative on the new board.