Maryamu Idris, Managing Director of NNPC Buying and selling Restricted, has formally been appointed as Nigeria’s Nationwide Consultant to the Group of the Petroleum Exporting International locations (OPEC).
The appointment positions her on the intersection of home oil administration and worldwide vitality coverage.
In a submit on its Fb web page, NNPC congratulated Maryamu Idris on the appointment.
“We congratulate Maryamu Idris, Managing Director of NNPC Buying and selling Restricted, on her appointment because the Nationwide Consultant for Nigeria on the Group of the Petroleum Exporting International locations (OPEC),” NNPC acknowledged
In her twin roles, Maryamu Idris will play a key half in shaping each nationwide and worldwide vitality methods. Whereas persevering with to guide NNPC Buying and selling Restricted, she’s going to symbolize Nigeria on the worldwide stage because the nation’s principal technical liaison inside OPEC.
As a member of OPEC’s Financial Fee Board (ECB), she’s going to contribute to technical deliberations and coverage suggestions.
Her tasks may also embrace shut coordination with the OPEC Governor and nationwide stakeholders akin to NNPC Restricted, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Fee (NUPRC), and the Ministry of Petroleum Assets, guaranteeing that Nigeria’s vitality pursuits are successfully represented and aligned with broader OPEC targets.
Biography
Maryamu holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) diploma in Economics from the College of Abuja, Nigeria, and a Grasp of Science (M.Sc.) in Vitality Economics from the College of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Maryamu’s profession spans greater than twenty years throughout vital areas of Nigeria’s oil and fuel trade. She joined the Bureau of Public Enterprises in 1999 as an Enterprise Officer, earlier than shifting to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative as a Petroleum Economist and Belief Fund Adviser from 2006 to 2009, the place she contributed to transparency initiatives within the oil sector.
She later joined NNPC, rising via the ranks within the Crude Oil Advertising and marketing Division. Her roles included Supervisor of Market Analysis from 2014 to 2017, Deputy Supervisor of Pricing and Efficiency from 2018 to 2020, and Supervisor of Pricing and Valuation from 2021 to 2022.
At NNPC Buying and selling Restricted, she served as Government Director of Crude and Condensate from 2022 to 2024, Government Director of Planning and Industrial from 2024 to 2025, earlier than being appointed Managing Director in April 2025.
