#BBB NEWS| President Buhari Officially Appoints New Chief Executives For Nigeria Petroleum Corporation And Nigerian Communication Commission [PHOTO]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). (pictured above) Prof. Umaru Danbatta and Emmanuel Kachikwu appointed by Pres. Buhari to head NCC and NNPC respectively

Dr. Kachikwu, who was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of Exxon-Mobil (Africa), is to take over from Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha.

Dr. Kachikwu hails from Onicha-Ugbo in Delta State. He is a first class graduate of Law from the University of Nigeria,  Nsukka and the Nigerian Law School.

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