TINUBU RECONSTITUTES NNPCL BOARD, SACKS MELE KYARI

President Bola Tinubu has reconstituted the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited board, removing the chairman, Pius Akinyelure and the Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari.

Consequently, the President appointed Bashir Ojulari as the new Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, with effect from April 2, 2025.

Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement he signed in the early hours of Wednesday tagged, ‘’President Tinubu reconstitutes NNPC limited board, appoints new Chairman, Group CEO.’’

Moreover, President Tinubu also removed all other board members appointed with Akinyelure and Kyari in November 2023.

The fresh 11-man board has Engineer Bashir Bayo Ojulari as the Group CEO and Ahmadu Musa Kida as non-executive chairman.

Adedapo Segun, who replaced Umaru Ajiya as the chief financial officer last November, has been appointed to the new board.

Six board members, non-executive directors, represent the country’s geopolitical zones.

They are Bello Rabiu representing the North West, Yusuf Usman representing the North East, and Babs Omotowa, a former managing director of the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas, who represents North Central.