BUHARI NAMES NEW NNPC GMD, NCC BOSSES

PRESIDENT  Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
He takes over from Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha, who was appointed in August 2014 by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Announcing the appointment in a statement issued in Abuja, on Tuesday, the Special Adviser to the president on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, noted that Kachikwu was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of Exxon-Mobil (Africa).
An indigene Onicha-Ugbo, Delta State, Kachikwu 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.
He started his working career with the Nigerian/American Merchant Bank before moving on to Texaco Nigeria Limited where he remained for about eight years before joining ExxonMobil.
The statement revealed that President Buhari also approved the appointment of Professor Umaru Garba Danbatta as the new Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
Prof. Danbatta, who holds a Doctorate degree in Electronic Engineering, takes over from Dr. Eugene Juwah whose tenure expired on July 29.
The new NCC chief executive’s other academic qualifications included a Bachelors degree in Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications as well as a Masters degree in the same field.
He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers and has had a meritorious career in which he rose to become Professor of Electrical Engineering and Electronics at Bayero University, Kano, specialising in Telecommunications Engineering and Information and Communications Technology.
Before his new appointment, Prof. Danbatta held top management and leadership positions at different times including Head of Department, Dean Of Faculty, Director, Centre for Information Technology, Chairman of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (Kano Branch), Deputy Vice Chancellor and acting Vice Chancellor.
His appointment as executive vice chairman of the NCC is for five years in the first instance.