President Muhammadu Buhari has today, Tuesday 14 July, 2020 appointed the boards of Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) and Bonny Gas Transport Limited (BGT).
It was made known in a statement by Timipre Sylva, Minister for Petroleum Resources.
President Buhari appointed Edmund Daukoru as the NLNG board chairman.
Other members of the NLNG board are Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Bitrus Nabasu, Henry lkem-Obih and Rabiu Sulaiman.
The President equally named Daukoru as the President of the BGT Board.
Members are of the BGT are Doyin Akinyanju, Abdul Abba as well as Kyari and Nabasu.
Petroleum resources minister charged the appointees to serve as worthy ambassadors of the Buhari’s pressive change agenda.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo had appointed Daukoru as Presidential Advisor on Petroleum and Energy in 2003. He was promoted to Minister of State for Energy in 2005.
In 2006, Daukoru served as Secretary General of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
He was crowned the Amayanabo (traditional ruler) of Nembe Kingdom In 2018.
Ikem-Obih on the other hand was a former NNPC Chief Operating Officer, Downstream.
Similarly, Sulaiman was a one-time NNPC Group Executive Director
Source: Daily Post