President Goodluck
Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr. George Abiodun Osahon as the new
Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).
Mr. Osahon who has
over 30 years experience in the petroleum sector is to replace the incumbent
Director of the DPR, Mr. Osten Olorunshola who was appointed to the position in
2011.
Previous positions
held by the new DPR Director include Group General Manager – National Petroleum
Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), Managing Director – Nigerian Petroleum
Development Company (NPDC) and Managing Director of Energia. He is
currently the Managing Director of Geo-Concept Technical Limited and hails from
Edo State.
Mr. Osahon is
expected to reposition the DPR and enhance the department’s ability to
address the critical challenges of regulating the upstream and downstream
sectors of Nigeria’s petroleum industry, and enforcing the provisions of the
country’s petroleum laws.
President Jonathan
has also approved the appointment of Mr. Hassan Bello as the substantive
Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers
Council.
Mr. Bello who held
the position in an acting capacity until now, was the council’s Director of
Legal Services.
He hails from Kebbi
State and graduated from Ahmadu Bello University’s Faculty of Law in 1981. He
later obtained a Masters of Law Degree from the University in 1990.
Before joining the
Nigerian Shippers Council in 1998, Mr. Bello worked with the Sokoto State
Ministry of Justice and the Sokoto Investments Company.
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