BREAKING NEWS, Oil & Gas
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Mohammed Barkindo emerges secretary general of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries after months of shuttle diplomacy by Nigeria anchored by Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum resources
AFTER months of shuttle diplomacy anchored by Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Nigeria’s quest to clinch the top job at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, yielded dividend on Thursday June 2. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, former group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has now been elected as the secretary general of the OPEC.
Barkindo is expected to occupy the position for three years in the first instance with effect from August 1.
Rising from its 169th Ordinary Meeting, the Conference expressed its appreciation to the outgoing Secretary General, Abdalla Salem El- Badri for his leadership of the Secretariat and the Organisation during his tenure.
The newly appointed Secretary General is coming to the position with a 23 year career in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and the oil and gas industry.
Barkindo actually served as acting secretary general of OPEC in 2006 and handed over to his predecessor where he served with distinction.
Other positions he has held were: Deputy Managing Director/Chief Executive Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas: Managing Director/Chief Executive, HYSON/CALSON, an international trading arm of NNPC: General Manager, NNPC London Office; Head, International Trade, NNPC London Office.
The former NNPC GMD served for a record 15 years on the OPEC Economic Commission Board as Nigeria’s National Representative. Apart from chairing the OPEC Economic Commission Board, he also chaired the Strategic Production Quota Committee of OPEC.
Barkindo is an advocate of Climate Change Initiative and has led Nigeria’s technical delegation to the climate change negotiations that produced the United Nations framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC and the Kyoto protocol to the UNFCCC during which he served on the Bureau of the UNFCC at various times.
He obtained a B. Sc degree in Political Science in 1981 from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, a post Graduate Diploma in Petroleum Economics in 1988 from College of Petroleum Studies, Oxford University, UK and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the South Eastern University, Washington DC.
The new OPEC secretary general’s hobbies include reading and soccer. He is married with children and holds the traditional titles of Wazirin Musawa Katsina and Walin Adamawa, according to statement issued by Garba Deen Muhammad, group general manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC.
— Jun 2, 2016 @ 19:58 GMT
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