NNPC lauds Ekperikpe, Mshelbila’s election into prime positions in world gasoline discussion board

The Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted (NNPC Ltd) has lauded President Bola Tinubu’s strategic position within the emergence of Philip Mshelbila and Ekperikpe Ekpo in prime Gasoline Exporting Nations Discussion board (GECF) positions.

Mr Mshelbila, the managing director of the Nigeria Liquefied Pure Gasoline (NLNG) was elected as the brand new secretary-general of the GECF at its twenty seventh Ministerial Assembly held on Thursday in Doha, Qatar.

The Minister of State for Petroleum Sources (Gasoline), Ekperikpe Ekpo, additionally emerged because the president of the 2026 GECF Ministerial Assembly.

The Group CEO, NNPC Ltd, Bashir Ojulari, described the event as a milestone and testimony to the federal authorities’s Gasoline Agenda, aimed toward utilising pure gasoline as a serious gas for industrial development and financial improvement.

Mr Ojulari, in an announcement by Andy Odeh, chief company communications officer, NNPC Ltd, described the feat as a historic second for Nigeria.

“NNPC Ltd is happy with what Mshelbila has achieved at NLNG, the place he has labored tirelessly to rework Nigeria’s huge gasoline reserves into export-grade LNG, LPG and condensates, serving home wants and world markets within the course of.

“With this feat, Philip Mshelbila has put Nigeria on the worldwide vitality map for good.

“This reveals that President Tinubu’s gasoline to prosperity agenda, aimed toward utilising pure gasoline because the cornerstone of Nigeria’s industrial development and financial transformation, is on the correct trajectory,” Mr Ojulari added.

He additional assured that with Mr Mshelbila, on the helm of GECF, Africa, Nigeria, and NNPC Ltd, will witness exceptional progress in making pure gasoline the pivotal useful resource for sustainable improvement.

The GCEO additionally congratulated Mr Ekpo on his emergence as president of the 2026 GECF Ministerial Assembly.

He mentioned the minister has been on the forefront of championing efforts to harness Nigeria’s considerable gasoline sources for industrialisation and financial improvement.

Equally, Farouk Ahmed, a member of the Nigerian govt board of GECF, additionally congratulated Messrs Mshelbila and Ekpo on their new prime positions on the GECF.

Mr Ahmed, who can be the chief govt, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), described each outcomes as a testomony to Nigeria’s rising management, credibility and recognition inside the world gasoline group.

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In an announcement by George Ene-Ita, director of the Public Affairs Division at NMDPRA, Mr Ahmed mentioned that the twin honours mirrored the nation’s strategic contributions within the vitality house.

He recommended Mr Mshelbila’s distinguished monitor report within the trade. He expressed confidence that his expertise would strengthen the Discussion board’s position in selling pure gasoline as a key driver of worldwide vitality safety.

The GECF is a world intergovernmental organisation that gives a platform for exchanging experiences and data amongst its member international locations.

Representing the world’s main gas-exporting nations, the GECF goals to foster constructive dialogue between gasoline producers and shoppers to boost the steadiness and safety of worldwide gasoline provide and demand.

Mr Mshelbila succeeds Algeria’s Mohamed Hamel because the fifth secretary-general of the worldwide organisation, which has been a number one voice in positioning pure gasoline as a cornerstone of worldwide sustainable improvement.

(NAN)