Newly appointed Chief Government of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Fee (NUPRC), Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, has formally assumed workplace.
Her assumption of responsibility and coverage route have been introduced at her first city corridor with NUPRC administration and workers on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, in accordance with a press release by the Fee’s Head of Media and Strategic Communications, Eniola Akinkuotu.
In keeping with the assertion, Mrs. Eyesan’s assumption of workplace is in keeping with the Petroleum Business Act (PIA) 2021.
Talking on the city corridor assembly, the brand new Fee Chief Government harassed that regulation below the PIA should help business progress fairly than hinder it.
The CCE mentioned, “The aim is that we should allow the business, we’re regulators. We should allow the business from our interactions with the stakeholders, from our interactions with everyone.”
Eyesan added that her core goal is to make sure the Fee delivers tangible influence.
“My fundamental goal is to make sure that we make a distinction. I imagine the NUPRC is on the Heart of the business,” she famous.
She additionally introduced clear manufacturing ambitions, together with rising Nigeria’s crude oil output and rising fuel manufacturing to help power safety and {economic} progress.
Earlier this month, OPEC reported that Nigeria’s crude oil manufacturing climbed marginally to 1.436 million barrels per day (bpd) in November, up from 1.401 million bpd in October.
Earlier this month, President Bola Tinubu introduced the nomination of Oritsemeyiwa Amanorisewo Eyesan as the brand new chief government officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Fee (NUPRC).
The nomination follows the resignation of Gbenga Komolafe, who beforehand led the upstream regulator, and comes because the federal authorities strikes to make sure management continuity in Nigeria’s oil and fuel regulatory establishments.
Eyesan is a veteran power government with greater than 30 years {of professional} expertise spanning banking, public service and the oil and fuel business.
She is a graduate of Economics from the University of Benin and commenced her profession within the {financial} sector, working at Folks’s {Bank} of Nigeria and later Gulf {Bank} of Nigeria, earlier than transitioning into the petroleum business.
She spent almost 33 years on the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Company and its successor, NNPC Ltd., rising by means of the ranks to occupy a few of the most senior positions inside the organisation.
On management type, the CCE promised an open-door coverage and frequent workers engagement.
Mrs. Eyesan additionally solicited for help and cooperation because the business embarks on the following section of transformation.
