Former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation from 2009 to 2010, Mr. Mohammed Barkindo, has been announced as the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Barkindo, was recently nominated by the Federal Government for the position, and was chosen at the 13-member oil cartel’s 169th conference in Vienna to replace Libya’s Abdalla El-Badri.
The former NNPC boss served as acting Secretary-General of OPEC in 2006.
