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Barkindo becomes OPEC Secretary-General

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has chosen a former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Mohammed Barkindo, as the Secretary-General

According to Reuters report two OPEC delegates said Nigerian candidate Barkindo was chosen to be OPEC’s new secretary-general on Thursday in Vienna at the group’s 169th conference.

Barkindo, who was recently nominated by the Federal Government for the position, was the NNPC GMD from 2009 to 2010 and served as acting secretary-general of OPEC in 2006, as well as representing Nigeria at the group.

OPEC has been looking for a replacement for Libya’s Abdalla El-Badri, who was elected acting secretary-general in December until the end of July after serving full terms.

The 13-member oil cartel has tried unsuccessfully for more than three years to find a replacement for the current secretary-general, who was due to stand down in 2012 after serving two terms in the role. At OPEC’s last meeting in December, El-Badri’s term was extended until July.

Speculations about the possibility of Barkindo getting the post were rife in the media in the past few days.

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