President Bola Tinubu inaugurated the Board and Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, seven weeks after its appointment on April 2, 2025.
The Board’s non-Executive Chairman, Ahmadu Kida, and NNPCL’s group chief executive officer, Bashir Ojulari, were sworn in at a brief ceremony which took place at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Thursday afternoon.
The President later proceeded to the All Progressives Congress’ National Summit at the State House Banquet Hall.
The 11-member board includes Adedapo Segun and Bello Rabiu, representing the North West; Yusuf Usman, representing the North East; and Babs Omotowa, a former Managing Director of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, representing the North Central.Also on the board are Austin Avuru, Non-Executive Director for the South-South; David Ige, representing the South-West; and Henry Obih representing the South-East.
Mrs Lydia Shehu Jafiya, Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance, will serve on the board as the ministry’s representative, while Aminu Ahmed will represent the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.
Top government officials present at the swearing-in were the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris; and Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri.
