Just In: President Buhari Sacks All Group Executive Directors Of The NNPC

Barely 24 hours after the appoint of Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, all Group Executive Directors (GEDs) of the corporation have been sacked with immediate effect.

The GEDs fired were appointed by former President Goodluck Jonathan in March 2014. They are: Mr. Ian Udoh leading Refining and Petrochemicals, Mr. Adebayo Ibirogba leading the Engineering and Technical team, Dr. David Ige leading Gas and Power, Dr. Attahir Yusuf leading Business Development; Dr. Dan Efebo leading Corporate Services, Mr. Bernard Otti in charge of Finance and Accounts, Ms. Aisha Abdurrahman leading Commerce and Investments, and Mr. Joseph Dawha leading Exploration and Production.

Word out also is that the new  GMD Kachikwu intends to reduce the number of GEDs from nine to four.