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Baru replaces Kachikwu as NNPC GMD

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President Muhammadu Buhari has removed Dr. Ibe Kachikwu as Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), replacing him with Maikanti Kacalla Baru.Maikanti Kacalla Baru NNPC GMDThe president has also approved the composition of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), as provided for under Section 1(2) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Act of 1997, as amended.

However, Mr. Kachikwu is to remain as minister of state for petroleum and will serve as chairman of the new NNPC board.

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According to a statement issue by spokesman to the president, Femi Adesina, 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; Mahmoud Isa Dutse, 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.
President Buhari urges the new board to ensure the successful delivery of the mandate of the NNPC, ” and serve the nation by upholding the public trust placed on them in managing this critical national asset.”

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