SACKED! Jonathan fires Oniwon; appoints Andrew Yakubu as new NNPC’s GMD


President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday approved the sack of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Austen Oniwon and the appointment of Andrew Yakubu as the new helmsman of the corporation.
 
The new Group Managing Director of the Nigeria Nationa Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu.





The change of the NNPC management team was disclosed in a press statement signed by the Special Adviser to the president on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati.

The president also approved the appointment of Victor Briggs as the new Managing Director of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC).
According to the statement, the decision to restructure the NNPC was in a bid to strengthen the on-going reforms and transformation of Nigeria’s Petroleum sector.

Is this a welcome change? What are your thoughts?

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