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President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday endorsed the sack of the Group Executive Director of Exploration and Production of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Abiye H. Membere.
Though no reason was given for his sack, Membere, who was in the office on Wednesday, was replaced by Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha.
Jonathan also approved the appointment of four other GEDs for the NNPC.
The new appointees are Ian Gregory Udoh, Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemicals; Dr. Dan Iwoene Efebo, Group Executive Director, Corporate Services; Aisha Mata Abdurrahman, Group Executive Director, Business Development; and Adebayo Ibikunle Ibirogba, Group Executive Director, Engineering and Technical.
The profile of the new appointees, attached to the statement, shows that Udoh is a native of Akwa Ibom State and has been the Managing Director of Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemicals Company Limited since November 2012.
He has considerable experience of managing the nation’s refineries having previously held the position of Executive Director, Operations at both the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company Limited and the Port Harcourt Refining and Petrochemicals Company Limited.
In addition, Udoh has served as a General Manager in the Refining and Petrochemicals Directorate of the NNPC.
Efebo is currently the Group General Manager in charge of the NNPC’s Human Resources Division.
He was previously General Manager, Human Resources, Brass LNG.
He hails from Bayelsa State.
Abdurrahman is a native of Kogi State and has been the Managing Director of Nikorma, NNPC’s shipping subsidiary, since March 2011.
Abdurrahman has also served as Managing Director of Hyson, an NNPC trading subsidiary, and as Executive Director (Services) of the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company.
Ibirogba, a Chemical Engineer, is currently the Group General Manager, Engineering in the NNPC’s Engineering and Technology Directorate, and hails from Ogun State.
He has also served as General Manager (New Business), General Manager (Gas Development), and Group General Manager, Greenfield Refineries.
In 2010, Ibirogba became the first African to be elected to the Board of Directors of the World LP Gas Association.
Dawha has been the Managing Director of Integrated Data Services Limited since 2005.
He is an indigene of Borno State and has served the Corporation diligently over the years in various capacities in the upstream and downstream sectors of the industry.
All the appointments are with immediate effect.
