Shake-up in NNPC as top officials redeployed

The management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the exit of two senior officials and the redeployment of others.

Two officials who recently left the corporation were replaced while other redeployments were also carried out.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the 

The Edo State - born top NEPC official is believed to have resigned due to health reasons although no official Excellenc necessary given for his resignation barely one week to the first anniversary of his appointment.

Also, the Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Services, Farouk Said retired last week after decades of service.

On Sunday, the NNPC released a statement announcing Mr Ewubare and Mr Said’s replacements and other redeployments in the state firm.

The Sunday statement was signed by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Kennie Obateru. He said the new appointments and redeployments are part of ongoing efforts to strengthen and reposition NNPC for greater efficiency, transparency and profitability in line with the Next Level agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

The NNPC Spokesperson said Adokiye Tombomieye, the Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division (COMD), has been appointed the new Chief Operating Officer (COO), Upstream while Mohammed Ahmed, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Gas Marketing Company (NGMC), has been appointed the new Chief Operating Officer, Corporate Services, following the retirement of Farouk Sa’id, last week.

Adeyemi Adetunji, the Chief Operating Officer, Upstream, was redeployed to the Ventures & Business Development Directorate as COO, the position left by Mr Ewubare.

The top-level staff movement also affected Billy Okoye who has been redeployed from the NNPC Downstream Company, NNPC Retail Limited, as Managing Director, to replace Mr Tombomieye as the Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division; while Elizabeth Aliyuda, the General Manager, Sales and Marketing, NNPC Retail Limited, takes over from Mr Okoye as Managing Director.Similarly, Usman Farouk, Executive Director, Asset Management and Technical Services at the NGMC takes over from Mr Ahmed as Managing Director.

The release also explained that President Buhari has accepted the resignation of Mr Ewubare and the retirement of Mr Said.

Speaking on the development, Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Male Kyari, was quoted as saying the new appointments would enable the corporation to live up to the expectation of her shareholders, Nigerians, and give impetus to the ongoing restructuring within the corporation, which, he said, was in line with the corporate vision of Transparency, Accountability & Performance Excellence

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and his associates in Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains must have been unhappy about the drama in the ruling party at the federal level that terminated his leadership.

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and his associates in Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains must have been unhappy about the drama in the ruling party at the federal level that terminated his leadership.

But their sadness could be compounded if the APC does not deliver Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu in the state governorship election on September 19.

If Governor Godwin Obaseki is re-elected on that date, it will be double tragedy for the Edo APC chieftains.

It will be recalled that Oshiomhole and his die-hard supporters had helped Obaseki to succeed him as governor in 2016 against all odds.

But they soon fell apart, fought for the control of APC in Edo and the governor engineered the suspension of Oshiomhole Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and his associates in Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains must have been unhappy about the drama in the ruling party at the federal level that terminated his leadership.

But their sadness could be compounded if the APC does not deliver Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu in the state governorship election on September 19.

If Governor Godwin Obaseki is re-elected on that date, it will be double tragedy for the Edo APC chieftains.

It will be recalled that Oshiomhole and his die-hard supporters had helped Obaseki to succeed him as governor in 2016 against all odds.

But they soon fell apart, fought for the control of APC in Edo and the governor engineered the suspension of Oshiomhole at his Etsako Wes

Journey

Both Obaseki and Ize-Iyamu went through a tough time to secure the governorship tickets of the two major political parties in the country to contest the Edo election in September.

Both men even had to switch parties as Ize-Iyamu moved dramatically from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to APC, while Obaseki left APC for the PDP.

In 2016, supporters of APC rooted for Ize-Iyamu before Oshiomhole turned the table against him, despite the fact that Ize-Iyamu led his 2012 re-election campaign.

Your shoes are the first thing people subconsciously notice about you

1. Your shoes are the first  thing people subconsciously notice about you.  Wear nice shoes. 

2. If you sit for more than 11 hours a day,  there's a 50% chance you'll die within the next 3 years. 

3.  There are at least 6 people in the world who look exactly like you.  There's a 9% chance that you'll meet one of them in your  lifetime.

4.  Sleeping without a pillow reduces back pain and keeps your spine stronger. 

5. A person’s height is determined by their father, and their weight is determined by their mother.  

6. If a part of your body "falls asleep", You can  almost always "wake it up" by shaking your head.   

7. There are three things the human brain cannot  resist noticing - food, attractive people and danger.  

8. Right-handed people tend to chew food on their right side.  

9. Putting dry tea bags in gym bags or smelly shoes will absorb the unpleasant odor.  

10. According to Albert Einstein, if honey bees were to disappear from earth, humans would be dead within 4  years.

11. There are so many kinds of apples, that  if you ate a new one every day, it would take over 20 years to try them  all.  

12. You can survive without eating for weeks, but you  will only live 11 days without sleeping.  

13. People who laugh a lot are healthier than those who  don’t.  

14. Laziness and inactivity kills just as many people  as smoking.  

15. A human brain has a capacity to store 5 times as  much information as Wikipedia.  

16. Our brain uses the same amount of power as a  10-watt light bulb!!  

17. Our body gives enough heat in 30 minutes to boil  1.5 liters of water!!  

18. The Ovum egg is the largest cell and the sperm is  the smallest cell!!  

19. Stomach acid (conc. HCl) is strong enough to  dissolve razor blades!!  

20. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day & while you  walk, SMILE. It is the ultimate antidepressant.  

21. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each  day.  

22. When you wake up in the morning, pray to ask God's  guidance for your purpose, today.  

23. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and  eat less food that is manufactured in plants.  

24. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat  blueberries, broccoli, and almonds.  

25. Try to make at least three people smile each  day.

26. Don't waste your precious energy  on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts  and things you cannot control.  Instead invest  your energy in the positive present  moment.          

27. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and  dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.  

28. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.  

29. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.  Forgive them for everything.  

30. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else  does.  

31. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to  disagree.  

32. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the  present.  

33. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea  what their journey is all about.  

34. No one is in charge of your happiness except  you.  

35. Frame every so-called disaster with these words:  'In five years, will this matter?'  

36. Help the needy, Be generous! Be a 'Giver' not a 'Taker'  

37. What other people think of you is none of your  business.  

38. Time heals everything.  

39. However good or bad a situation is, it will  change.  

40. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick.  Your friends will. Stay in touch.  

41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you  need.  

42. Each night before you go to bed, pray to God and be  thankful for what you accomplished, today.  What if you woke up  this morning and only had what you thanked God for yesterday?  DON’T FORGET TO THANK GOD FOR EVERYTHING.

43. Remember that you are too blessed to be  stressed. 

APC crisis: Buhari who asked me to be chairman, presided over my sack – Oshiomhole

Adams Oshiomhole, immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari personally invited him to head the party two years ago.

Oshiomhole said Buhari asked him to head APC in a bid to reform the party and turn its fortune around.

He disclosed that the president had told him APC will lose the 2019 election, if the party was not reformed.

Speaking at a press conference in Abuja yesterday, the immediate past APC National Chairman insisted that he did his best while in office.

The former Edo State governor also disclosed that the president mobilised support for his emergence as APC National Chairman.

Atiku reacts as Wike, Fintiri gets new appointment

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to Governor Nyesome Wike’s new appointment as the Chairman of Edo State Governorship Election National Campaign Council.

DAILY POST had reported that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP had appointed Governor Nyesome Wike as the Chairman of the Edo State Governorship Election National Campaign Council.

The party in a tweet via its official Twitter account also said it appointed Governor Ahmadu Fintiri as the Deputy Chairman of the election campaign.

Reacting, the Former Vice President in a tweet via his official Twitter account on Saturday morning expressed his good wishes to the two candidates stating that he was confident that they would carry out their responsibilities well.

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He said “Congratulations, Governor Wike on your appointment as Chairman of Edo State Governorship Election National Campaign Council of our great party, OfficialPDPNig.

“I am confident that your leadership, supported by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, the Vice-Chairman, and other members of the PDP Edo 2020 Council will work assiduously for the victory of Governor Obaseki, and set Edo State on the path of even greater development.”

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