The newly-appointed Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has assumed duty as the Chief Executive of the corporation.
Mr Ohi Aligbe, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, on Tuesday in Abuja said that a brief handover ceremony was held at the NNPC Towers to mark the assumption of office, with Dr Joseph Dawha handing over to his successor.
Until his appointment, Kachikwu was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of Exxon Mobil (Africa).
Kachikwu, in the statement, expressed gratitude to Dawha, for his hard work in holding the corporation.
He pledged to work assiduously in achieving the president’s growth aspiration for the oil and gas industry.
Kachikwu was a First Class Graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Nigerian Law School.
He also had Masters and Doctorate Degrees in Law from the Harvard Law School.
He started his working career with the Nigerian/American Merchant Bank before moving on to Texaco Nigeria Limited from where he joined Exxon-Mobil.