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| Engr. Farouk Ahmed (r) and Engr. Gbenga Komolafe |
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded nominations to the Senate for two new leaders to head Nigeria’s key petroleum regulatory bodies: the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
The move comes after the resignations of Engr. Farouk Ahmed from NMDPRA and Engr. Gbenga Komolafe from NUPRC, as announced in a press release.
Both were appointed in 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari to steer these agencies, established under the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).
Engr. Farouk Ahmed, however, has been in the eye of the storm with a petition by President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to investigate how Ahmed funded his children’s Swiss secondary education, among other allegations of financial malpractices
To fill these positions, President Tinubu has written to the Senate, requesting expedited confirmation of Oritsemeyiwa Amanorisewo Eyesan as CEO of NUPRC and Engineer Saidu Aliyu Mohammed as CEO of NMDPRA.
The two nominees, ancco to a press release signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, are seasoned professionals in the oil and gas industry.
Eyesan, a graduate of Economics from the University of Benin, the press statement states, spent nearly 33 years with the NNPC and its subsidiaries. She retired as Executive Vice President, Upstream (2023–2024), and previously served as Group General Manager, Corporate Planning and Strategy at NNPC from 2019 to 2023.
Engineer Saidu Aliyu Mohammed, born in 1957 in Gombe, graduated from Ahmadu Bello University in 1981 with a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering. He was announced today as an independent non-executive director at Seplat Energy.
His prior roles include Managing Director of Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company and Nigerian Gas Company, as well as Chair of the boards of West African Gas Pipeline Company, Nigeria LNG subsidiaries, and NNPC Retail.
He also served as Group Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer, Gas & Power Directorate, where he provided strategic leadership for major gas projects and policy frameworks, including the Gas Masterplan, Gas Network Code, and contributions to the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).
Engineer Mohammed played a pivotal role in delivering key projects such as the Escravos–Lagos Pipeline Expansion, the Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline, and Nigeria LNG Train.
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