The immediate past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, is dead.
His death was disclosed by the current NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari, via his twitter account.
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.
— Mele Kyari (@MKKyari) May 30, 2020
Born in 1959, Baru rose through the ranks at the NNPC before his appointment as Group Managing Director in 2016.
The 2026 People And Power National Awards Honourees
Tinubu Approves ₦70,000 Monthly Transport Support For Public Workers
Tinubu Condemns Killing Of Islamic Preacher, Friend In Katsina
Nigeria’s First Imported Ebola Patient Evacuated To Switzerland