The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Muhammad Barkindo, late Tuesday night, in Abuja.
Barkindo died at the age of 65.
The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), Mele Kyari, confirmed Barkindo’s death via a tweet.
The NNPC GMD tweeted, “We lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo. He died at about 11pm yesterday 5th July 2022. Certainly a great loss to his immediate family, the NNPC, our country Nigeria, the OPEC and the global energy community. Burial arrangements will be announced shortly.”
The late OPEC Secretary-General, whose tenure began in 2016 comes to an end in July.
He had previously been Nigeria’s National Representative, as well as its Governor to OPEC, and in 2006, was Acting OPEC Secretary-General. From 2009 to 2010, he was the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
