The Anambra State Government yesterday lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the appointment of Senator Marjorie Chuba-Okadigbo as the chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited.
A statement in Awka on Friday by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C. Don Adinuba, noted that President Buhari “deserves kudos for choosing Senator Chuba-Okadigbo as the person to set the agenda for the transformation of Nigeria’s most critical enterprise to a purely commercially driven organisation.
“Mrs Chuba-Okadigbo, who has been standing at the Nigerian Bar for decades, is prepared by education and experience for her new role.
“She is a solid professional, urbane, well-travelled and represented Anambra North effectively in the Senate”.
Adinuba also explained that “Senator Chuba-Okadigbo’s appointment is the icing on the cake of Anambra’s new status as an oil-producing state, a status made possible by President buhari’s approval last September of an objective recommendation from the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) which recognized 11 oil wells in the state while suggesting that proceeds from three others be shared equally with neighbouring Kogi State until the delineation of their boundary.
The Anambra State Government asked President Buhari to appoint more Anambra indigenes to more positions because “they have a well-established record of delivering far beyond expectations”.
