JUST IN: Tinubu pronounces contemporary nominations, awaits Senate affirmation
President Bola Tinubu on Monday, introduced the nomination of Magnus Abe because the Board Chairman for the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Fee (NUPRC).
In two totally different letters addressed to the Nigerian Senate, the president additionally sought the affirmation of 20 different nominees for the boards of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and NUPRC.
In a press release issued on Monday, Bayo Onanuga, the particular adviser to the president on data and technique stated Abe a former NNPC board member and present chairman of the Nationwide Company of the Nice Inexperienced Wallhas been nominated because the chairman of NUPRC.
Different nominees for the NUPRC board are Engineer Paul Yaro Jezhi, a former Commerce Union Congress chairman in Kaduna, and Mr Sunday Adebayo Babalola, a former deputy director of the Division of Petroleum Assets (DPR), which was abolished by the PIA in 2021.
In line with Onanuga, each males will function non-executive commissioners.
President Tinubu additionally nominated different govt commissioners to the board together with Muhammed Sabo Lamido, govt commissioner for finance; Edu Inyang, govt commissioner for Exploration and Acreage; Justin Ezeala, govt commissioner for {economic} regulation and strategic planning; and Henry Darlington Oki, govt commissioner for Growth and Production. Others are Indabawa Bashari Alka, govt commissioner for company providers and administration; Mahmood Tijani, govt commissioner for well being, security and setting; and Ms Olayemi Adeboyejo, as secretary and authorized adviser.
Former President Buhari appointed Lamido and Adeboyejo in 2022, whereas President Tinubu appointed Alka in 2023. Inyang, Ezeala, the previous managing director of Nigerian Fuel Advertising Restricted, Mahmood Tijani, Babalola and Jezhi are new appointees of President Tinubu.
“In his second letter to the Senate, President Tinubu nominated Adegbite Ebiowei Adeniji, a lawyer, as chairman of the NMDPRA board.
“Adeniji has over 30 years of expertise in power and pure assets points. He was a particular technical adviser to the Minister of State for Petroleum on upstream and fuel till 2018. He was a member of the Oil & Fuel Coverage group on the World {Bank}, which suggested the Authorities of Nigeria on the reform and restructuring of the petroleum sector, together with the event of the Strategic Fuel Plan for Nigeria. He’s at the moment the managing companion at ENR Advisory.
“President Tinubu additionally nominated Chief Kenneth Kobani and Mrs Asabe Ahmed as non-executive members. Kobani was a former minister of state for commerce underneath President Jonathan and secretary to the federal government of Rivers State, underneath Nyesom Wike,” Onanuga stated.
Others are Abiodun Adeniji, nominated for the place of the manager director of finance; Francis Ogaree, govt director of hydrocarbon; Oluwole Adama, govt director of midstream and Downstream fuel infrastructure; and Dr Mustapha Lamorde, govt director of Company Providers and Administration. President Tinubu appointed Adama in 2024, whereas late President Buhari appointed Lamorde and Adeniji in 2021 and Ogaree in 2022
Different members of the NMDPRA board, as proposed by President Tinubu, are Mr Yahaya Nasamu Yinusa, govt director, distribution techniques; Adeyemi Murtala Aminu, govt director, company providers; Ms Modie Ogechukwu, govt director, {economic} regulation and strategic planning; and Barrister Olawale Dawodu, as board secretary and authorized adviser. Dawodu is an trade participant and was, at one time, the {Financial} Reporting Supervisor at Exxon Nigerian subsidiaries.
He added that President Tinubu has urged the Senate to approve the nominees expeditiously.
Onanuga stated the president’s requests comply with the current appointment of chief govt officers for the 2 regulatory businesses. The Senate confirmed Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan because the chief govt officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Fee (NUPRC) and Engineer Saidu Aliyu Mohammed as CEO of NMDPRA.
He famous that Tinubu has additionally charged all of the appointees and nominees to discharge their duties and tasks professionally as regulators of the oil and fuel sectors.