43rd Ordinary Session of the APPO Council of Ministers: Reappointment of the SG and accession of three (03) new African oil producing countries
The Ministerial Council of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) at its 43rd Ordinary Session on 04 November 2022 in Luanda, Republic of Angola unanimously renewed the appointment of Dr Omar Farouk Ibrahim as APPO’s Secretary General for a second term.
Dr Farouk Ibrahim, appointed APPO’s Secretary General on January 4, 2020 completes his 1st term of three years on January 4, 2023.
While considering the renewal, APPO’s President and Minister of Mineral and Gas Resources of Angola, H.E. Mr. Dr Diamantino Azevedo Pedro and members of the Council commended Dr Omar Farouk for his professionalism, high sense of responsibility, accountability, commitment and sacrifice that enabled the giant strides taken by APPO within his 1st term. The Council wished him greater heights in his second term.
Other highlights of the Ministerial Council meeting include the admission of the Republics of Ghana, Senegal and Namibia as full members of APPO bringing the total number of members to eighteen; the appointment of the Minister of Water and Mines of the Republic of Benin, His Excellency Samou Seïdou Adambi as APPO President and Mr Jean Jacques Koum of the Republic of Cameroon as the Chairman of the Executive Board for the Year 2023.
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