July 18, (THEWILL) – Nigeria Association of Energy Economics (NAEE) will on Monday evening offer a Posthumous Fellowship Award to the late Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, who passed on a few days ago in Abuja.
The event, scheduled to take place at PTDF in Abuja, is in recognition of Barkindo’s impressive achievements in the global energy Industry.
An anticipated cynosure of the programme, will be a tribute to the energy leader by Internationally respected cerebral energy economist, Prof Wumi Iledare.
Iledare, who is a Ghana National Petroleum Corporation(GNPC) professor of Oil and Gas Economics and Management, University of Cape Coast and Emeritus Prof, Energy Studies, University of Louisiana, USA, is already in the Country.
The acclaimed professor was President, International Association of Energy Economics (IAEE) and a Distinguished Fellow of NAEE.
Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo was a Nigerian politician. From 1 August 2016 until his death, he was the Secretary- General of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). He helped to create the OPEC+ alliance between OPEC members and other oil-producing countries.
Barkindo previously served as Acting Secretary-General in 2006. He led the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation from 2009 to 2010, and headed Nigeria’s technical delegation to UN climate negotiations beginning in 1991.
Anthony Awunor, is a business correspondent who holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Linguistics (UNILAG). He is also an alumnus of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria Kaduna State. He lives in Lagos.
