The death has been announced of the former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Engineer Maikanti Baru
This was disclosed by the GMD of NNPC Engineer Male Kyari in a statement made available to no journalists.
According to the statement the deceased who have only two months away from his 61st birthday died at the age of 60
“My brother, my friend and my mentor, Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, immediate past GMD of NNPC died late last night,” Kyari said.
“He was of exemplary character and disposition. May Allah forgive him and have mercy upon him.”
Recalled that Baru was appointed NNPC GMD by President Muhammadu Buhari in July 2016, a position he held up until 2019.
The deceased retirement from NNPC in July 2019 when he clocked the age of 60.
Part of his retirement letter read:“Today, having clocked the statutory age of 60, I have retired from the services of NNPC. I wish the new GMD Mallam Mele Kyari and his Team success. Thank you President Muhammadu Buhari for the opportunity to serve,” he tweeted on July, 2019.
Baru was born in July 1959 in Misau, Bauchi state,he atteanded Federal Govt college where he graduated in 1978.
In 1982, he obtained his bachelor of engineering degree from Ahmadu Bello University.
Baru has a doctorate in Computer Aided Engineering from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom.
He was the 18th GMD of NNPC.
