The Federal Government has appointed Mordecai Danteni Baba Ladan, as the Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).
He is to take over from George Osahon whose tenure ended on June 19, 2015.
According to a statement on the website of the DPR, on Monday, the memorandum which was dated June 19, 2015 stated that the appointment was with immediate effect.
The statement said:
“Having attained the rank of Deputy Director, he was appointed Head, Downstream Monitoring & Regulation Division October 2005 – June 2013.
“Thereafter, he was appointed Head, Gas Monitoring & Regulation Division June 2013 – May 2014. And then Head, Safety, Health & Environment Division May 2014 until his recent appointment.
“Mr. Ladan is highly accomplished both professionally and academically; he is Fulbright Scholar (Hubert H. Humphrey, North-South Fellow) where he bagged a Certificate in Environmental & Regulatory Policy / Public Affairs June 1991. M.Sc. Petrochemicals & Hydrocarbon Chemistry from the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology, United Kingdom March 1986.
“He also has a B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria July 1982,” DPR said.
[h/t Leadership]
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