Newly appointed NNPC boss assumes office

The newly-appointed Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has assumed duty as the Chief Executive of the corporation.

This is contained in a statement signed by Ohi Aligbe, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, on Tuesday. August 4, in Abuja.

It added that until his appointment, Kachikwu was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of Exxon Mobil (Africa).

Kachikwu, in the statement, expressed gratitude to his predecessor, Dr. Joseph Dawha, for his hard work in holding the corporation.

He pledged to work assiduously in achieving the president’s growth aspiration for the oil and gas industry.

The statement noted that Kachikwu was a First Class Graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Nigerian Law School.