Andrew Laah Yakubu (born September 10, 1955) is the former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
He is a Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers; Fellow of the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers; a Fellow of the Nigerian Association of Technologists in Engineering; Associate Fellow, Chemical Society of Nigeria and a registered Engineer of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria COREN.
He was relieved of duty by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan for unknown reasons.
The anti-corruption agency, EFCC, recently charged Yakubu to court for false declaration of assets, after the agency found $9.8m in his Kaduna residence.
He has not been found guilty by any court of law for corruption in Nigeria.
He was succeeded by Joseph Dawha in 2014.
His honors include the Presidential Merit Award by the Nigerian
Society of Chemical Engineers (1997) and the GMD of NNPC Award (1987).
He was given the chieftaincy title “Iyan Atyap” by the Atyap Chiefdom of
Kaduna State in 2004, and he is a full member of the Atyap Council of Chiefs.
He is a fellow of the Nigerian Association of Technologist in Engineering and an associate fellow of the Chemical Society of Nigeria.