Petroleum Minister appointed President of Gas Exporting Countries Forum

Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum, Dieziani Alison-Madueke has been appointed the President of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).

Alison-Madueke’s appointment was announced today, December 16 at the 16th Ministerial meeting of the forum in Doha, Qatar.

The meeting was attended by ministers from Algeria, Iran, Libya, Qatar, Russia, UAE, as well as head of delegations from Bolivia, Equatorial Guinea, Egypt, Trinidad and Tobago Venezuela, Netherlands, Norway and Oman.

The minister was however absent at the meeting due to the ongoing oil workers’ strike in Nigeria which she is trying to resolve.

it would be recalled that Alison-Madueke was also appointed President of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on November 27.