The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the appointment of Mr Ohi Alegbe as the substantive Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division.

In a statement released earlier today, Mr Bernard Otti, Group Executive Director, Finance and Account, announced the appointment.

Alegbe takes over from Dr Farouk Ibrahim, who has been holding forte in acting capacity since the unfortunate demise of the former Group General Manager, Dr. Livi Ajuonuma in the ill-fated Dana Airline crash that occurred on the 3rd of June, 2012, in Lagos, which claimed the lives of about 153 passengers on board.

Alegbe, an alumnus of the University of Benin, is taking to the NNPC three decades of experience traversing the broadcast, print, public relations and advertising genres of public communication.

The appointment takes immediate effect.