Efio-Ita Nyok|11 July 2016|7:42AM
On 4 July Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser (Media & Publicity) to President Muhammadu Buhari announced the approval by the presidency to reconstitute the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as provided for under Section 1(2) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Act of 1997, as amended.
The new board is composed of the following:
A. Chairman -Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum;
B. Group Managing Director -Dr Maikanti Kacalla Baru;
C. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance; and
D. The following six persons:
1. Mallam Abba Kyari
2. Dr Thomas M. A. John
3. Dr Pius O. Akinyelure
4. Dr Tajuddeen Umar
5. Mallam Mohammed Lawal, and
6. Mallam Yusuf Lawal
The second Nigerian amongst the list of six, Dr Thomas M. A. John, has been confirmed by Negroidhaven.org (Negroid Haven) to be a Cross Riverian of Odukpani LGA extraction. Dr John among other things was discovered to be a senior citizen of the country.
This increases the list of Cross Riverians appointed by Mr President: Pst Usani Uguru Usani as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Professor Winifred Oyo-ita as Head of Service of the Federation, Vice Admiral Ibok Abbas Ete as Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), two carrier Ambassadors, etc.
Efio-Ita Nyok
Is a Blogger & the Editor of Negroidhaven.org (Negroid Haven)
Nice one. He must be very old now if he is the same Dr.Thomas John that was a one-time GMD, NNPC in the late 1990s or so. He should be from Eniong Abatim – Obio-Esere axis of Odukpani LGA of CRS. Meanwhile, I suppose you intended 'Career ambassadors' instead of the incorrect 'carrier ambassadors.
Nice one. He must be very old now if he is the same Dr.Thomas John that was a one-time GMD, NNPC in the late 1990s or so. He should be from Eniong Abatim – Obio-Esere axis of Odukpani LGA of CRS. Meanwhile, I suppose you intended 'Career ambassadors' instead of the incorrect 'carrier ambassadors.