President Bola Tinubu has appointed three new executive commissioners to serve in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC, and the redeployment of one current executive commissioner, pending their confirmation by the Nigerian Senate.
The announcement was made on Tuesday in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale.
The appointees, according him are Mr. Bashir Indabawa — NW — Executive Commissioner, Exploration & Acreage Management; Dr. Kelechi Ofoegbu — SE — Executive Commissioner, Corporate Services & Administration (Redeployed) and Mr. Enorense Amadasu — SS — Executive Commissioner, Development & Production, and Mr. Babajide Fasina — SW — Executive Commissioner, Economic Regulation and Strategic Planning.
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The president was said to have carried out the reshuffling and replacement based on his deeply informed assessment of all factors concerning the sector with a view to establishing a regulatory framework and culture that comprehensively disincentivized errant behaviour and incentivized diligence and rules-based business practice across the industry.
