The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC regret to announce the passing away of its former Group Managing Director and Chief executive, Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha. Dr. Dawha died after a brief illness says Dr. Kennie Obateru, Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Mele Kyari, express shock over the sudden death of the erstwhile Group Managing Director, who was the 16th Group Managing Director of the corporation.
Mallam Kyari said that the NNPC family gravely mourned the death of the former GMD, who he noted, provided astute leadership and made immense contributions to the progress of the corporation.
He descried Dr. Dawha’s death as a great loss not only to the NNPC but also to the nation as a whole. From the available records, Dr. Dawha was the Group Managing Director and Chief executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation between August 2014 to August 2015.
Dawha hailed from Borno state, North East Nigeria and has served previously as the group executive director, exploration and production of the corporation, before he was appointed the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. He was at a point the managing director of Integrated Data Services Ltd, IDSL, a subsidiary of the NNPC.
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Dr. Kennie Obateru
Group General Manager,
Group Public Affairs Division
Nigerian National Petroleum Corpooation