UPDATE: OPEC Secretary General Barkindo dies after meeting Buhari
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The Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Muhammad Barkindo, has died.
Barkindo passed away on Tuesday evening.
Group Chief Executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, announced Barkindo's death in a tweet posted to his verified Twitter account, @MKKyari, in the early hours of Wednesday.
"We have lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo. He passed away at approximately 11pm yesterday July 5, 2022. Certainly a great loss to his immediate family, NNPC, our country Nigeria, OPEC and the global energy community Burial arrangements will be announced shortly," Kyari tweeted.
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retired), paid tribute to Barkindo on Tuesday, describing him as a worthy ambassador of the country, at the State House, Abuja
Reacting to Barkindo's death, a former Eighth Assembly legislator, Senator Shehu Sani, tweeted on his Twitter page: "Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, former GMD NNPC and until recently @OPECSecretariat scribe, was honored yesterday. He died last night at 11 p.m. May Allah grant him Aljanna firdausi. Amin. This is the transience and transience of life."
Please share this story:
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Muhammad Barkindo, has died.
Barkindo passed away on Tuesday evening.
Group Chief Executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, announced Barkindo's death in a tweet posted to his verified Twitter account, @MKKyari, in the early hours of Wednesday.
"We have lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo. He passed away at approximately 11pm yesterday July 5, 2022. Certainly a great loss to his immediate family, NNPC, our country Nigeria, OPEC and the global energy community Burial arrangements will be announced shortly," Kyari tweeted.
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retired), paid tribute to Barkindo on Tuesday, describing him as a worthy ambassador of the country, at the State House, Abuja
Reacting to Barkindo's death, a former Eighth Assembly legislator, Senator Shehu Sani, tweeted on his Twitter page: "Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, former GMD NNPC and until recently @OPECSecretariat scribe, was honored yesterday. He died last night at 11 p.m. May Allah grant him Aljanna firdausi. Amin. This is the transience and transience of life."
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