Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has been re-elected as President of African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO) till December 2019.
Kachikwu’s leadership was unanimously endorsed by all members of the Council of Ministers.
A spokesperson of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Olujimi Oyetomi, said in a statement on Wednesday that the re-election took place during the 36th Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of APPO held in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
Ministers in attendance came from thirteen member countries namely: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Libya, Niger, and Nigeria.
Kachikwu thanked the ministers for their support and affirmed his commitment to making deep and sustained reforms in the body.
He also thanked the host minister, Gabriel Lima, for the excellent hospitality shown to the delegation.
