According to a statement released by presidential spokesperson,
president Buhari has appointed Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the Group
Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
Dr. Kachikwu, who was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of
Exxon-Mobil (Africa), is to take over from Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha.
Dr. Kachikwu hails from Onicha-Ugbo in Delta State. He is a first class
graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Nigerian
Law School.
The new NNPC Chief Executive also has Masters and Doctorate Degrees in
Law from the Harvard Law School.
