OPEC Secretary-General, Barkindo Dies Few Hours After Visiting President Buhari
Afnews Editor
Jul 06, 2022
The Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo, is dead.
Barkindo died at about 11p.m on Tuesday at the age of 63 years.
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His demised was announced by Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited.
In a tweet on Wednesday morning, Kyari said Barkindo's demise was a great loss to Nigeria, OPEC, his family, and the international community.
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Kyari tweeted: "We lost our esteemed Dr Muhammad Sanusi Barkindo. He died at about 11 pm yesterday 5th July 2022. Certainly a great loss to his immediate family, the NNPC, our country Nigeria, the OPEC and the global energy community," Kyari tweeted.
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"Burial arrangements will be announced shortly," he added.
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Barkindo had visited President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday.
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The deceased was the third ex-NNPC GMD to have passed on in two years.
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