New NNPC boss will bring little change


Issue 235 - 13 Jul 2012 | 1 minute read

New group managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Andrew Laah Yakubu was the choice of his sacked predecessor Austen Oniwon. Oniwon is close to petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, and appears to have been sacrificed to take the heat off Madueke and other senior officials who might otherwise carry the can for the fuel subsidy scandal.

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