Another new head for NNPC


Issue 283 - 09 Aug 2014 | 1 minute read

With no prior indication of another change at the top of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), President Goodluck Jonathan on 1 August sacked group managing director Andrew Yakubu. It was announced that acting group executive director exploration and production Dr Joseph Thlama Dawha, who came out of retirement in April, would replace Yakubu, whose departure has not been explained (see AE view). Also sacked was NNPC subsidiary Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) managing director Victor Briggs, who replaced Abiye Membere in March 2013.

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