The outgoing Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, is dead.
The NNPC Group Managing Director, GMD Mele Kyari announced his death this morning.
Kyari described his departure as a great loss to his immediate family, NNPC Nigeria, OPEC and global energy community.
In a statement on his verified twitter handlle today Weddnesday, the NNPC Group Managing Director, GMD wrote:”We lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo. He died at about 11pm yesterday ( Tuesday) 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,”
He died on Tuesday. at the age of 63. Though the cause of his death was not disclosed in the tweet, Barkindo was received at the State House Tuesday by President Muhammadu Buhari, who lauded the outgoing OPEC secretary general’s six-year tenure and described him as a worthy ambassador of Nigeria.
