The Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has described the death of its former Group Managing Director (GMD), Dr. Joseph Thlama Dawha, as a huge loss to the corporation and the nation.
A press statement from NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru in Abuja on Tuesday said Dawha died after a brief illness.
According to the statement, Kyari expressed shock over the sudden death of Dawha who was the 16th Group Managing Director of the corporation.
Kyari said that NNPC family gravely mourned the death of the former GMD who, he noted, provided astute leadership and made immense contributions to the progress of the corporation.
He emphasised that Dawha’s death was a “huge loss to the corporation and Nigeria as a whole”.
Dr. Dawha was GMD of NNPC between August, 2014 and August, 2015.
