On Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari as the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Here are a few facts about the incoming NNPC GMD. -Upon assumption of office, Kyari would become the 19th Group Managing Director of the national oil company. READ ALSO: Buhari removes Baru, appoints Kyari as NNPC GMD– Mele Kyari is Nigeria’s National Representative to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. -He was in charge of the Crude Oil Marketing Division of the NNPC, before his latest appointment.

Source: Punch June 20, 2019 11:03 UTC