The immediate past Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti, is dead.
This was disclosed by Mele Kyari, the current GMD of the state-run oil company.
“My brother, my friend and my mentor, Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, immediate past GMD of NNPC died late last night.
“He was of exemplary character and disposition. May Allah forgive him and have mercy upon him.”
Baru was appointed NNPC GMD by President Muhammadu Buhari in July 2016, a position he held until 2019.
Source: TheCable.
