Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu (born 18 December, 1956) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. He was replaced by

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who took over the ministerial portfolio in August 2019.

Education

Kachikwu is a graduate of law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and

Nigerian Law School The Nigerian Law School is an educational institution set up by the Government of Nigeria in 1962 to provide a Nigerian legal education to foreign-trained lawyers, and to provide practical training for aspiring Legal Practitioners in Nigeria. ...

. He obtained a masters and doctorate degree in law from

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, with distinctions.

Career

Media enterprise

In 1989, Kachikwu went into romance journalism, a genre that explores romantic tales and relationship issues across the country. This was done through the unveil of Hints magazine, a weekly publication by his media enterprise, True Tales Publications Limited. Kachikwu readily connected to a wide audience via his weekly column, ‘Fatherhood with Ibe,’ where he shared with his readers his experiences as a father. In 2013, Kachikwu's True Tales Publications Limited launched ‘Hello Nigeria,’ a lifestyle magazine. The maiden edition of the magazine featured icons in music, film, fashion, culture and style, drawn from Nigeria and Ghana.

NNPC

He was appointed as chief executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in August 2015 under the presidency of

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. On 11 November 2015, Kachikwu was named the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources by the president. He was named as the chairman of the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, as provided for under Section 1(2) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Act of 1997, as amended on 4 July 2016. He was removed as the GMD of the NNPC by President

and replaced with Dr. Maikanti K. Baru on 4 July 2016.

OPEC

He is the immediate past president of the

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conference with a tenure that expired in January 2016. He has chaired the 168th Meeting of the OPEC Conference held in Vienna, Austria, on 4 December 2015, as its President. He was replaced by

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, the Minister of Energy and Industry of

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References

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