Nigeria: NNPC’s Chief Operating Officer Roland Ewubare Resigns

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s Chief Operating Officer for Ventures and New Business Directorate Roland Ewubare has resigned.
A statement by Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC Dr. Kennie Obateru, which announced the resignation of Roland Ewubare, said President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the former’s decision.

The statement said President Buhari also approved the retirement of the immediate past Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Services, Engr. Farouk Garba.

President Buhari thanked the two former COOs for their meritorious service to the corporation.

Meanwhile, President Buhari has appointed Engr. Adeyemi Adetunji to replace Roland Ewubare, as the new Chief Operating Officer for Ventures and New Business Directorate.

Until his appointment, Adetunji was Chief Operating Officer in charge of the NNPC’s upstream division.

The NNPC also redeployed and appointed five other senior management staff to critical positions within the corporation.

The statement explained that the new appointments and redeployments in the NNPC were part of ongoing efforts to strengthen and reposition the corporation for greater efficiency, transparency and profitability in line with the Next Level Agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

Giving a breakdown of the redeployments and appointments, the NNPC said in the statement that Mr. Adokiye Tombomieye, Group General Manager for Crude Oil Marketing Division (COMD) has been appointed as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) in charge of Upstream while Mr. Mohammed Ahmed, Managing Director of the Nigerian Gas Marketing Company (NGMC) takes over as the new Chief Operating Officer for Corporate Services, the position formerly held by Engr. Farouk Garba Sa’id, who retired last week.

“The top-level staff movement also affected Sir. Billy Okoye who has been redeployed from the NNPC Downstream Company, NNPC Retail Limited, as Managing Director, to replace Mr. Tombomieye as the Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division while Mrs. Elizabeth Aliyuda, the General Manager, Sales and Marketing NNPC Retail Limited, takes over from Sir Okoye as Managing Director.

“Similarly, Mr. Usman Farouk, Executive Director Asset Management and Technical Services at the NGMC takes over from Mr. Ahmed as Managing Director.”

Commenting on the redeployments and appointments, Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, said the new appointments would enable the corporation live up to the expectation of her shareholders, Nigerians, and give impetus to the ongoing restructuring within the Corporation. According to him, this was in line with the corporate vision of Transparency, Accountability & Performance Excellence (TAPE).