Former NNPC GMD, Joseph Dawha is dead

A former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Joseph Thalama Dawha, is dead.


The sad news was confirmed in a statement by the current NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari, on Monday.










According to Kyari, Dawha died after a brief illness.


“The NNPC family gravely mourns the death of the former GMD, who he noted, provided astute leadership and made immense contributions to the progress of the corporation,” Kennie Obateru, the NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs division, quoted Kyari as saying.


Dawha was appointed by former president, Goodluck Jonathan, in 2014 as Andrew Yakubu’s replacement.










Dawha’s death is coming about two months after Maikanti Baru, the immediate past NNPC GMD, died.