Nigerian President Sacks Oil Board Boss, Appoints Replacement

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Joseph Thlama Dawha, and replaced him with Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu.

Kachikwu, a First Class Graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and the Nigerian Law School, hails from Onicha-Ugbo in Delta State.

The new NNPC Chief Executive also has Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Law from the Harvard Law School.

According to an Aso rock statement on Tuesday, Kachikwu was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of Exxon-Mobil (Africa).

He started his working career with the Nigerian/American Merchant Bank before moving on to Texaco Nigeria Limited from where he joined Exxon-Mobil.