Jonathan approves appointment of CEO of Shippers’ Council, DPR Director

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr Hassan Bello as the substantive Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers Council.
This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Dr Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity.
Bello, who held the position in an acting capacity until now, was the council’s Director of Legal Services.

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr Hassan Bello as the substantive Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Shippers Council.
This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Dr Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity.
Bello, who held the position in an acting capacity until now, was the council’s Director of Legal Services.
He hails from Kebbi and graduated from Ahmadu Bello University’s Faculty of Law in 1981, and later obtained a Masters of Law Degree from the university in 1990.
Before joining the Nigerian Shippers Council in 1998, Bello worked with the Sokoto State Ministry of Justice and Sokoto Investments Company.
Abati stated that the president had also approved the appointment of Mr George Osahon, who hails from Edo, as the new Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).
Osahon, who has more than 30 years experience in the petroleum sector is to replace the incumbent director, Mr Osten Olorunshola, who was appointed to the position in 2011.
Previous positions held by the new director include Group General Manager, National Petroleum Investment Management Services; Managing Director, Nigerian Petroleum Development Company as well as Managing Director of Energia.
He was the Managing Director of Geo-Concept Technical Ltd.
Abati said the president had directed Osahon to reposition the DPR and enhance the department’s ability to address the critical challenges of regulating the upstream and downstream sectors of the country's petroleum industry.
He said the new DPR director is also expected to enforce the provisions of the country’s petroleum laws.