President Bola Tinubu has nominated Board Members for Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), and Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).
in a press statement issued by the special adviser to the President Tinubu on Communication and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the president wrote two letters to the Senate, seeking confirmation of 21 nominees for the boards of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
In the first letter, President Tinubu nominated Senator Magnus Abe to serve as the NUPRC board chair.
Accirding to the streets, Abe, who represented Rivers South East in the Senate for two terms, is a former NNPC board member and current chairman of the National Agency of the Great Green Wall.
Other nominees for the NUPRC board are Engineer Paul Yaro Jezhi, a former Trade Union Congress chairman in Kaduna, and Mr Sunday Adebayo Babalola, a former deputy director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), which was abolished by the PIA in 2021. Both men will serve as non-executive commissioners.
President Tinubu also nominated s executive commissioners to the board. They are: Muhammed Sabo Lamido, executive commissioner for finance; Mr Edu Inyang, executive commissioner for Exploration and Acreage; Justin Ezeala, executive commissioner for economic regulation and strategic planning; and Henry Darlington Oki, executive commissioner for Development and Production. Others are Indabawa Bashari Alka, executive commissioner for corporate services and administration; Mahmood Tijani, executive commissioner for health, safety and environment; and Ms Olayemi Adeboyejo, as secretary and legal adviser.
“Former President Buhari appointed Lamido and Adeboyejo in 2022, while President Tinubu appointed Alka in 2023. Inyang, Ezeala, the former managing director of Nigerian Gas Marketing Limited, Mahmood Tijani, Babalola and Jezhi are new appointees of President Tinubu.
Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA):
– Chairman: Mr Adegbite Ebiowei Adeniji
– Non-Executive Members:
– Chief Kenneth Kobani
– Mrs Asabe Ahmed
– Executive Directors:
– Abiodun Adeniji (Finance)
– Francis Ogaree (Hydrocarbon)
– Oluwole Adama (Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure)
– Dr Mustapha Lamorde (Corporate Services and Administration)
– Mr Yahaya Nasamu Yinusa (Distribution Systems)
– Adeyemi Murtala Aminu (Corporate Services)
– Ms Modie Ogechukwu (Economic Regulation and Strategic Planning)
– Board Secretary and Legal Adviser: Barrister Olawale Dawodu
