Tinubu Gives Magnus Abe, Sunday Babalola Appointment

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated nominated Senator Magnus Abe as Chairman Board of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).

Tinubu made this announcement in two letters written to the Senate, seeking confirmation of 21 nominees for the boards of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).

According to Statement released by Bayo Onanuga, In the first letter, President Tinubu nominated Senator Magnus Abe to serve as the NUPRC board chair. Abe, who represented Rivers South East in the Senate for two terms, is a former NNPC board member and current chairman of the National Agency of the Great Green Wall.

Other nominees for the NUPRC board are Engineer Paul Yaro Jezhi, a former Trade Union Congress chairman in Kaduna, and Mr Sunday Adebayo Babalola, a former deputy director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), which was abolished by the PIA in 2021. Both men will serve as non-executive commissioners.

President Tinubu also nominated s executive commissioners to the board.