The confirmation was made during the plenary on Thursday,
October 7, shortly before the presentation of the 2022 budget at the joint
session of the National Assembly.
It also followed the consideration of a report by the
Committee on Downstream Petroleum Sector.
The nominees are Mr Idaere Gogo Ogan – Chairman; Mr Farouk
A. Ahmed – Chief Executive Officer; Mr Abiodun Adeniji – Executive Director,
Finance and Accounts; and Mr Ogbugo Ukoha – Executive Director, Distributions
System, Storage and Retail Infrastructure.
The committee led by its Chairman, Mr Sabo Mohammed, who
presented the report, said their appointments to the NMDPRA board were in
accordance with the provisions of section 34(3) of the Petroleum Industry Act,
2021.
He informed his colleagues that the committee did not
receive any petition against their nominations, adding that they were cleared
by security agencies and possess the Code of Conduct Acknowledgement Slips.
Last month, President Muhammadu Buhari asked the Senate to
drop the Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr Sarki
Auwalu, who was initially nominated as the Chief Executive Officer of the
NMDRPA board.
Mr Buhari’s request was contained in a letter dated
September 28, 2021, and read by the Senate President, Mr Ahmad Lawan. He had
said in the letter that he was replacing the DPR boss with Mr Farouk Ahmed.
President Buhari had in a previous letter dated September
16, 2021, requested the upper chamber to confirm Mr Auwalu alongside the three
others as board members of the Authority.
However, the President, in the new request, sought the
replacement of Mr Auwalu with Mr Ahmed as Chief Executive Officer.
He explained that the replacement request was duly in
accordance with the provision of Section 34 (3) of the Petroleum Industry Act
2021.
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