The new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has assumed duty as the Chief Executive of the corporation.
This is according to a statement signed by Ohi Alegbe, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, on Tuesday, in Abuja.
A brief handover ceremony was held at the NNPC Towers to mark the assumption of office.
Until his appointment, Mr. Kachikwu was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of Exxon Mobil (Africa).
Mr. Kachikwu was a First Class Graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Nigerian Law School. He also had Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Law from the Harvard Law School.
Mr. Kachikwu started his working career with the Nigerian/American Merchant Bank before moving on to Texaco Nigeria Limited from where he joined Exxon-Mobil.
Mr. Kachikwu took over from Dr Joseph Dawha.
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