Gbenga Komolafe

Last updated

Gbenga Olu Komolafe (born 1963) is a Nigerian engineer, lawyer and petroleum and gas industry expert. Appointed in 2021, he currently serves as the pioneer chief executive officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC. [1] [2] [3] He served at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in various capacities including  as group general manager, Special Duties, group general manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division and executive director (commercial) Pipelines and Petroleum Marketing Company (PPMC). He is credited for formulating several strategic policies including electronic tracking of petroleum products distribution nationwide. Komolafe is a Fellow of Nigerian Society of Engineers and a member of the Nigerian Bar Association. [4] [5]

Contents

Background and education

Gbenga Komolafe was born in 1963 in Igbara-Oke, Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. He had his primary and secondary education in Ondo State before proceeding to University of Ilorin where he earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering in 1987. [4] He earned masters’ degrees in industrial and labour relations (M.I.L.R.) in 1995 and industrial and production engineering in 1998 from the University of Ibadan before enrolling at the University of Benin where he earned a law degree in 2006. He attended Nigerian Law School, Bwari, Abuja and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2008. He attended International Petroleum Management Certificate Programme, Boston U.S.A and International Gas Business Management Certificate Programme, Offshore Training Conference (OTC), Houston, Texas. Komolafe is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and a Fellow of Nigerian Society of Engineers and Council of Registered Engineers of Nigeria (COREN). [6] [7]

Career

Komolafe served in several policy making positions in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. From 2012 to 2014, he served as executive director (Commercial) Pipelines and Petroleum Marketing Company (PPMC) and was general manager operations Petroleum Equalization Fund where he introduced policies including electronic tracking of petroleum products for effective distribution to inner parts of the country. [8] He was general manager, Operations of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), group general manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division and group general manager, Special Duties at the NNPC. After the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) came into force in 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari nominated Komolafe as the pioneer chief executive officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC and was confirmed by the Senate in September same year. [9] [10] [11]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NNPC Limited</span> Oil corporation wholly owned by government of Nigeria

NNPC Limited is a for profit oil company in Nigeria. Formerly a government-owned corporation, it was transformed from a corporation to a limited liability company in July 2022. NNPC Limited is the only entity licensed to operate in the country's petroleum industry. It partners with foreign oil companies to exploit Nigeria's fossil fuel resources.

Rilwanu Lukman was a Nigerian engineer who held several ministerial positions in the Nigerian Federal government before becoming Secretary General of OPEC from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2000. He died on 21 July 2014. On 18 December 2008, Lukman was appointed Minister of Petroleum Resources by Nigerian president Umaru Yar'Adua, holding office until March 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oando</span> Nigerian multinational energy company

Oando Plc is a Nigerian multinational energy company operating in the upstream, midstream and downstream.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Addax Petroleum</span>

Addax Petroleum was established in 1994 and since August 2009, has been a subsidiary of the Sinopec Group, one of the largest oil and gas producers in China, the biggest oil refiner in Asia and the third largest worldwide. Addax Petroleum was an international gas and oil production and exploration company mainly focused on the Middle East, the North Sea and Africa. Since its founding, the company has become one of the largest oil producers in West Africa.

Daniel Olugbenga Aluko was a Nigerian politician. He was elected Senator for the Ekiti South constituency of Ekiti State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He took office on 29 May 1999.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Abdulmumin Jibrin</span> Nigerian Politician

Abdulmumin Jibrin is a Nigerian politician, businessman, academic, and former member of the Nigerian House of Representatives represented Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency of Kano State who was recently re-elected on the platform of the New Nigerian People Party. He served as the Federal Housing Authority's Executive Director of Research and Innovation Development from October 2021 until May 2022, under President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.

Taleveras is an African business conglomerate, privately owned with business interests in energy and infrastructure, oil and gas exploration, production, trading and supply, power and construction. Taleveras’ offices are located in London, Geneva, Abuja, Lagos, Abidjan, Cape Town and Dubai.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Presidential Task Force on Power</span>

The Presidential Task Force on Power (PTFP) was established by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's administration, in June 2010, to drive the implementation of the reform of Nigeria's power sector. It brings together all the agencies that have a role to play in removing legal and regulatory obstacles to private sector investment in the power industry. It also has the mandate to monitor the planning and execution of various short-term projects in generation, transmission, distribution and fuel-to-power that are critical to meeting the stated service delivery targets of the power reform roadmap.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chris Ogiemwonyi</span> Nigerian politician and businessman

Engr Christopher Aigbovbiosa Ogiemwonyi is a Nigerian politician and businessman. He was a former Minister for Works at the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Works. He was the retired group executive director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. As of January 2020, he is the President of Energy and Engineering Technology Consulting Group. He has held this position since 2011.

Andrew Laah Yakubu is a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. He was given the appointment by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in 2012. He and the management team were relieved of their appointments to strengthen the on-going reforms in NNPC by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in July 2014 and Joseph Dawha was named as his successor in August 2014.

Bassey Albert Akpan CON is a Nigerian politician who has been a member of the Senate of Nigeria since June 2015. Previously, he was Commissioner of Finance in Akwa Ibom State from 2007 to 2014. He was first elected to the Senate in March 2015, to represent Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District and he won re-election for a second time in the February 2019 senatorial elections. He is a member of the ypp.ng.

Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, formerly the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), is a department under the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources (FMPR). It monitors the oil and gas industry to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and laws. It also oversees the safety and other regulations that relate to the exportation and importation of the products into the country. As part of its activities, the department manages the upstream and downstream sectors in Nigeria petroleum industry. The Federal Government of Nigeria introduces National Production Monitoring Systems (NIPMS) to monitor the royalty payables and demand notices from all organizations dealing in petroleum in Nigeria.

Aiteo Group is an integrated, global-focused Nigerian energy company, founded in February 2008. It is the successor entity to Sigmund Communnecci Limited. The company focuses in oil and gas exploration and production; bulk petroleum storage; refining of petroleum products; trading, marketing and supply as well as power generation and distribution

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources (Nigeria)</span> Government department in Nigeria

The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources is a part of the Federal Ministries of Nigeria that directs petroleum resources and its activities in Nigeria. The President, Bola Tinubu is the current minister of petroleum.

Mele Kolo Kyari OFR is a Nigerian geologist, crude oil marketer and 1st Group Chief executive officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum company limited. Before this appointment, Kyari was the Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division of the NNPC and the Nigerian National Representative at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) since 2018.

Maikanti Kachalla Baru was a Nigerian engineer, crude oil marketer and the 18th Group Managing Director of the Nigeria's state oil firm, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). He served in the position from July 2016 to July 2019 and had previously served as the Group General Manager (GGM) of National Petroleum Investment Management Services. Baru was a fellow of Nigerian Society of Engineers and Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Goddy Jedy Agba OFR, born Godwin, 20 August 1958, is a Nigerian bureaucrat, politician, farmer, author and former Group general manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC). As of July 2019, he was nominated as a minister of the federal republic of Nigeria from Cross River by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. In 1983, he had his first Degree in International Studies from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He obtained his master's degree in International Law and Diplomacy from the University of Lagos, Akoka in 1989. Goddy joined Federal Civil Service in 1984 and retired at NNPC in 2014 to join the Nigerian politics.

The Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano Natural Gas Pipeline (AKKP) is a pipeline planned to transport natural gas from Ajaokuta, in Kogi State to Kano, in Kano State, through several states and urban centers, as part of the Trans Nigeria Gas Pipeline. Construction of the AKKP commenced in July 2020.

Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo is a Nigerian engineer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and politician who is the current minister of interior of Nigeria. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria representing Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency of Ondo State from 2019 to 2023.

Nigeria LNG Train 7 is an expansion under construction at the Nigeria LNG Terminal in Bonny Island, Nigeria. It is one of the most ambitious construction projects in Nigeria, second only to the nearly completed Dangote refinery.

References

  1. ↑ AriseNews (2023-09-28). "Tinubu Rejoices With NUPRC CEO, Gbenga Komolafe, At 60". Arise News. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  2. ↑ "Gbenga Komolafe has required experience to lead upstream commission, says analyst". TheCable. 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  3. ↑ "Komolafe to head new upstream petroleum commission - Daily Trust". dailytrust.com. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  4. 1 2 Emewu, Ikenna (2021-09-23). "Story of Gbenga Komolafe, the man suitable for his calling at nation's Upstream Petroleum Commission". AFRICA CHINA ECONOMY. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  5. ↑ Etuka, Sunday; Abuja (2023-08-02). "Real Reason PENGASSAN Barricaded NUPRC Headquarters -Engr. Komolafe - TheFact Daily" . Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  6. ↑ "Gbenga Komolafe: Reforming NUPRC, One Step at a Time - THISDAYLIVE". www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  7. ↑ "Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, FNSE: Commission Chief Executive, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission - Valuechain". 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  8. ↑ "Engr Komolafe on the Radar of Silent Achievements at the NUPRC – The Telescope". 2022-12-10. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  9. ↑ Emmanson, Jerry (2023-08-03). "CSOs Pass Vote Of Confidence On NUPRC Leadership" . Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  10. ↑ "Allegations Of Fraud: NUPRC Absolves Komolafe Of Any Wrongdoings – Independent Newspaper Nigeria". independent.ng. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
  11. ↑ chuks (2023-08-14). "PENGASSAN wants NUPRC CEO sacked". SweetCrudeReports. Retrieved 2023-10-16.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.