Pres.Buhari Appoints ExxonMobil Vice-chair to head NNPC

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

 Dr. Kachikwu, who hails from Onicha-Ugbo in Delta State,was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of Exxon-Mobil (Africa).The new NNPC Chief Executive is a trained lawyer  and also has Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Law from the Harvard Law School.

He takes over from Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha.