President Tinubu inaugurates new NNPCL board

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially inaugurated the newly reconstituted 11-member board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), appointing Engineer Bashir Bayo Ojulari as the Group Chief Executive Officer and Ahmadu Musa Kida as the non-Executive Chairman.

The inauguration ceremony took place on Thursday at the State House in Abuja, just before the President proceeded to the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Summit held at the Banquet Hall.

Key government officials were in attendance, including the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris; and Minister of State for Petroleum, Heineken Lokpobiri.

President Tinubu charged the newly appointed board members with the responsibility of driving transparency, efficiency, and renewed progress within Nigeria’s oil and gas sector.

The NNPCL board members are Adedapo Segun, Bello Rabiu, Yusuf Usman, and Babs Omotowa, a former managing director of the Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas( NLNG), who represents North-Central.

Austin Avuru, non-executive director from the South-South, David Ige as Non-executive director from the South-West, and Henry Obih as non-executive director from the South-East.

Mrs Lydia Shehu Jafiya, permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance, is to represent the ministry on the new board, while Aminu Said Ahmed will represent the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.

All the appointments have since taken effect since April 2, 2025.