ENGINEERS FAROUK AHMED, GBENGA KOMOLAFE RESIGN, PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES SUCCESSORS TO THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
STATEHOUSE PRESS RELEASE ENGINEERS FAROUK AHMED, GBENGA KOMOLAFE RESIGN, PRESIDENT TINUBU NOMINATES SUCCESSORS TO THE SENATE FOR APPROVAL President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Senate to approve the nominations of two new chief executives for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). The requests followed the resignation of Engineer Farouk Ahmed of the NMDPRA and Gbenga Komolafe of the NUPRC. Both officials were appointed in 2021 by former President Buhari to lead the two regulatory agencies created by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). To fill these positions, President Tinubu has written to the Senate, requesting expedited confirmation of Oritsemeyiwa Amanorisewo Eyesan as CEO of NUPRC and Engineer Saidu Aliyu Mohammed as CEO of NMDPRA. The two nominees are seasoned professionals in the oil and gas industry. Eyesan, a graduate of Economics f...
The author of ''Eze Goes To School'',a popular novel which was featured in the early 90s,Chief Onuora Nzekwu,has died at the age of 89,the family confirmed yesterday Saturday.Late Onuora Nzekwu ,also the founding General Manager of News Agency of Nigeria {NAN},died on Friday in his home in Onitsha,Anambra,where he had been living in retirement,a family member,Mr Louis Chuke said.Nzekwu joined the Federal Civil Service as an editorial assistant at the Nigeria Magazine Division of the Federal Ministry of Information.He worked as an editorial assistant from 1956 to 1958 when took over the position of editor-in-chief of the magazine.In 1966 when the Nigerian civil war broke out,he transferred his services to the Eastern Nigeria Public Service and returned to the federal service at the end of the crisis in 1970.He served as General Manager of NAN from 1979 to 1985.Nzekwu wrote Troubled Dust,a novel that recounts the experience of the civil war.May his soul rest in peace Amen.One more photos below.
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