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By Deji Elumoye
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family of the pioneer Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Chief Festus Marinho, who passed on recently at the age of 87 years.
In a letter to the Marinho family, the president described the deceased as a “skilled and knowledgeable person”, whom he worked with twice in his days as Petroleum Minister.
The letter read in part: “I write to express my heartfelt condolence on the passage of a noted Oil and Gas Executive, Chief Festus Marinho, whom I worked with in the industry for many years.
The Nigeria National Resource Charter (NNRC) has commended recent efforts by the National Assembly toward ensuring the passage into law of the protracted Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).
The NNRC, a non-profit policy institute that promotes effective management of natural resources for public good, made the commendation in a statement issued by its Programme Coordinator, Ms Tengi George-Ikoli on Friday in Lagos.
George-Ikoli said both the Senate and the House of Representatives had demonstrated commitment toward the passage of the PIB with the recently concluded public hearings. x
According to her, there is need to ride the momentum and get all stakeholders on board to achieve what undoubtedly will be the most profound piece of legislation for the transformation of the Nigerian economy. She noted that the NNRC had consistently highlighted the weaknesses in two significant aspects of resource management in Nigeria.
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1. Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th United States President.
Chief Justice, John Roberts Jr, administered the pledge at exactly 11:48am E at the Capitol in Washington D.C.
2. Pioneer Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Festus Ayodele Marinho is dead.
He was the first and only MD of the defunct Nigerian National Oil Corporation (NNOC), the forerunner of NNPC.
3. John Mrabure, a Deputy Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has been appointed as Acting Comptroller-General.
He was elevated to a DCG in July 2019 when President Muhammadu Buhari approved the promotion of 10 senior officials of paramilitary agencies under.
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Marinho was the first and only managing director of the defunct Nigerian National Oil Corporation (NNOC), the forerunner of NNPC.
He was born on December 30, 1934 at Ijebu-Ode and attended St. Gregory’s College Obalende, Lagos. He graduated with a bachelor of science (special honours) in physics from the University of London in 1960.
He then proceeded to Imperial College, London for post-graduate studies in petroleum reservoir engineering from 1960 to 1961.
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He was also the only one who served twice as GMD of NNPC, having served from 1977-1979 and 1984-1985 respectively.
During his tenure at NNPC, he personally supervised the planning, construction and management of the three major refineries, depots and pipeline network that transverse the breadth of Nigeria.