Full List: NNPC GCEOs from Inception and their states of origin

• President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Bayo Ojulari arsenic the Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPCL
• Ojulari became the 20th GCEO of the NNPC aft President Tinubu sacked Mele Kyari connected Wednesday, April 2, 2025
• This nonfiction compiled each the GCEOs of the NNPC from inception with R. A. Marinho and their authorities of origin

Legit.ng writer Adekunle Dada has implicit 7 years of acquisition covering metro, authorities policy, and planetary

FCT, Abuja - The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has had its 20th Group Chief Executive Officer pursuing the assignment of Bayo Ojulari.

Legit.ng recalls that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed Ojulari arsenic NNPCL GCEO aft sacking Mele Kyari connected Wednesday, April 2, 2025.

Bayo Ojulari is the caller NNPC GCEO Photo to credit:@owoniyilb/Mele Kyari
Source: UGC

Tinubu besides dissolved the company’s board, including its chairman, Pius Akinyelure, and reconstituted an 11-member board.

In this article, Legit.ng compiled each the NNPCL’s enactment from inception to day and their authorities of origin:

1. R. A. Marinho (July 1977 – April 1980) Ogun state
2. Odiligi Lolomari (April 1980 – August 1981) Rivers state
3. Lawrence Amu (October 1981 – November 1985) Edo/Lagos state
4. Mr. Aret Adams (November 1985 – April 1990) Edo state
5. Dr. Thomas John (April 1990 – June 1990) Cross River state
6. Mr. Edmund Daukoru (June 1992 – October 1993) Bayelsa state
7. Chamberlin Oyibo (November 1993 – August 1995) Rivers state
8. Dalhatu Bayero (August 1995 – May 1999) Kano state
9. Dr. Jackson Gaius-Obaseki (May 1999 – November 2003) Edo state
10. Funsho Kupolokun (November 2003 – September 2007) Ogun state
11. Abubakar Lawal Yar’Adua (September 2007 – January 2009) Katsina
12. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo (January 2009 – April 2010) Adamawa state
13. Shehu Ladan (April 2010 – May 2010) Kaduna state
14. Augustine O. Oniwon (May 2010 – June 2012) Kogi state
15. Andrew Yakubu (June 2012 – August 2014) Kaduna state
16. Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha (August 2014 – August 2015) Borno State
17. Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu (August 2015 – July 2016) Delta state
18. Dr. Maikanti Kachalla Baru (July 2016 – July 2019) Bauchi state
19. Mele Kolo Kyari (July 2019 – April 2025) Borno state
20. Bashir Bayo Ojulari (April 2025 – Present) Kwara state

Legit.ng earlier reported that Ojulari disclosed his emotion for music and dancing, astonishing galore with these idiosyncratic details shared successful a 2017 interview.

Ojulari's assignment follows President Tinubu's determination to sack the erstwhile NNPCL leadership, citing the request for enhanced operational ratio and capitalist confidence.

Tinubu reconstituted the committee nether the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, signalling a strategical determination to revitalise Nigeria’s lipid and state sector.

Reasons Tinubu sacked Kyari, NNPCL committee

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that President Tinubu dismissed Kyari and different NNPCL committee members due to concerns implicit their performance.

Tinubu acceptable ambitious targets for the caller leadership, including expanding regular crude lipid accumulation to 3 cardinal barrels by 2030 and boosting state output to 10 cardinal cubic meters.

The reconstituted NNPCL committee includes manufacture experts, specified arsenic Musa Ahmadu-Kida, the non-executive chairman, and representatives from assorted authorities ministries.

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Source: Legit.ng