Ibe Kachikwu Removed As NNPC GMD,Now Chairman New Board of Directors

   

President Buhari today removed Dr Ibe kachikwu as the GMD of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, but he  still remains the Minister for State for Petroleum.Buhari according to a statement by his Special adviser on Media Femi Adesina, Mr Kachikwu is now the chairman of the Newly constituted Board of Directors of NNPC,while the new NNPC  GMD is  Maikanti Kacalla Baru.

The new board is composed of the following:
A. Chairman-Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum;
B. Group Managing Director- Dr Maikanti Kacalla Baru;
C. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance; and
D. The following six persons:
1. Mallam Abba Kyari
2. Dr Thomas M.A John
3. Dr Pius O. Akinyelure
4. Dr Tajuddeen Umar
5. Mallam Mohammed Lawal, and
6. Mallam Yusuf Lawal.