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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has had 19 Group Managing Directors (GMD) since its formation in 1977. The formation of NNPC is linked to the discovery of oil in commercial quantity in 1956 at Oloibiri, present-day Bayelsa State.
The NNPC was formerly known as the Nigerian National Oil Corporation (NNOC) which was in charge of the oil management in the country in 1971, the same year Nigeria joined the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as its tenth member.
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Who is the first GMD of NNPC?
Chief Festus Remilekun Ayodele Marinho was the first GMD of NNPC in April 1977 under the military regime of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
This is a sequel to the merger of NNOC with its operational functions and the Federal Ministry of Mines & Power with its regulatory responsibilities that birthed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in April 1, 1977.
Since the appointment of Chief R.
A. Marinho as the pioneer Manag