Mele Kyari: 10 Things To Know About New NNPC GMD
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, appointed a new Group Managing Director for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the person of Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari.
Kyari will be taking over from the outgoing GMD of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru who has clocked the mandatory retirement age of 60 years, on July 7, 2019.
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He becomes the 19th Group Managing Director of the NNPC.
Prior to his appointment, Kyari served as the Group General Manager, Crude Marketing Division, of the NNPC.
He has since May 13, 2018, combined the aforementioned role as Nigeria’s National Representative to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC.
THE WHISTLER brings you ten things to know about the new NNPC GMD.
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1, Mele Kyari was born on the 8th of January 1965 in Maiduguri, Borno State.
2, He attended Government Community Secondary School Biu in Borno State between 1977 to 1982.
3, Mr. Kyari graduated from University of Maiduguri in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Geology.
4, He was Nigeria’s Representative at the OPEC before his appointment as NNPC GMD
5, The new GMD is not related to Buhari’s chief of staff Abba Kyari
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6, Within the last 26 years Kyari has traversed the entire value chain of the petroleum industry posting resounding performance in all his assignments and duty posts.
7, In 2007 Kyari won the GMD Prize for the Overall Best Performance for NNPC Management Development Program
8, In 2007 he was also awarded GED CS Award for best Performance in Leadership
9, He has participated in various deepwater projects across the globe.
10, Kyari as head of Crude Oil Marketing Division of the NNPC has ensured optimum determination and secured government’s equities and entitlements of crude oil, Natural Gas Liquids, NGL, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG production from various fiscal arrangements.
Furthermore, Kyari’s infusion of transparency and automation of processes in the Crude Oil Marketing Division has helped the department record noticeable transformation in the management and sales of the various Nigeria’s crude oil grades.
