Buhari’s Aide Hails Okadigbo’s Appointment as NNPC Board Chair

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja

The Special Assistant to the President on Justice Reform and International Relation, Chief Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, has described the appointment of Senator Margaret Okadigbo, as the Chairman of the incorporated Board of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation as unique being the first woman to occupy the position.
In a statement hailing President Muhammadu Buhari for the inauguration of the Board of NNPC , Ibekaku-Nwagwu
described the inauguration of the NNPC board as historic.
She urged everybody, particularly the Southerners to continue to support the unprecedented reform initiated by the President in the oil and gas sector.
“President Buhari today inaugurated the Board of NNPC with Senator Magareth Okadigbo, a South-Easterner as the Chairman/Chairperson of the Board of NNPC incorporated under the new Petroleum Industry Act, 2021.

“By this development, Senator Magareth Okadigbo has made history as she will be the first woman to occupy the position. She further commended President’s unique opportunity to women as we look forward to more of such unique and targeted appointments in 2022,” she said.