Andrew Yakubu, Date of Birth

    

Andrew Yakubu

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1955

Profession: chemical engineer

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Andrew Yakubu

  • 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.

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