{"id":1867,"date":"2022-04-12T16:50:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/2022\/04\/12\/just-in-tonlagha-others-confirmed-by-senate-for-nnpc-upstream-commission\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T16:50:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T15:50:20","slug":"just-in-tonlagha-others-confirmed-by-senate-for-nnpc-upstream-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/04\/12\/just-in-tonlagha-others-confirmed-by-senate-for-nnpc-upstream-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Tonlagha, Others Confirmed By Senate For NNPC Upstream Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Coastal News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"1865\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/04\/12\/just-in-tonlagha-others-confirmed-by-senate-for-nnpc-upstream-commission\/img-20220412-wa0015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img-20220412-wa0015.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG-20220412-WA0015.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img-20220412-wa0015.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img-20220412-wa0015.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img-20220412-wa0015.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img-20220412-wa0015.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img-20220412-wa0015.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nigerian Senate has confirmed Captain John Roland Tonlagha as Executive Commissioner in the board of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission.<br \/>Tonlagha was approved as Executive Commissioner on Health, Safety, Environment and Community, following a screening on Tuesday.<br \/>Daily Report Nigeria can recall that Captain Tonlagha was part of those appointed by the presidency as members of the Commission on January 5, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other members also screened and confirmed includes Dr. Nuhu Habib, Member\/Executive Commissioner Development and Production; Dr. Kelechi Onyekachi Ofoegbu, Member\/Executive Commissioner, Economic Regulations and Strategic Planning; and Mr. Jide Adeola, Corporate Services and Administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Senator Margret Chuba Ukadigbo was made Chairman of the board, with Mele Kyari retaining his position as Chief Executive Officer, while Umar Ajiya emerged Chief Financial Officer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal News The Nigerian Senate has confirmed Captain John Roland Tonlagha as Executive Commissioner in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,14,15],"tags":[244,314],"class_list":["post-1867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-opinion","category-politics","tag-just-in-tonlagha","tag-others-confirmed-by-senate-for-nnpc-upstream-commission"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/img-20220412-wa0015-1.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1316,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2022\/01\/15\/just-in-inc-spokesman-oyakemegbegha-congratulates-marshal-ogaree-tonlagha-on-nnpc-appointment-describes-it-as-most-appropriate\/","url_meta":{"origin":1867,"position":0},"title":"JUST IN: INC Spokesman Oyakemegbegha Congratulates Marshal, Ogaree, Tonlagha On NNPC Appointment, Describes It As Most Appropriate","author":"Coastal Times","date":"January 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Coastal News Engr. 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