The Major Energies Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) has described the resignation of Farouk Ahmed as Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) as a major loss to the downstream petroleum sector.
Speaking on the development, MEMAN’s Executive Secretary, Clement Isong, said Ahmed provided steady and professional leadership at a critical period marked by deregulation, subsidy removal, volatile pricing, and the rise of local refining.
Isong praised Ahmed for successfully overseeing the statutory merger of legacy agencies into the NMDPRA without job losses, noting that the process was complex and demanding. He said Ahmed
