By Chinonye Anyatonwu
SIFAX Group on weekend announced the appointment of Mobolaji Musah as the new Managing Director, SIFAX Oil & Gas Limited.
The group also said Olujimi Osho has been promoted as the Executive Director, Legal Services/Company Secretary.
In a statement from the group, Musah, has over 26 years’ experience in the Nigeria’s oil & gas industry and holds a Postgraduate degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Ibadan.
He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the Lagos State University.
Before now, he served as wellsite engineer and district drilling engineer at Abacan Resources Limited before joining Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum in May 1998 as an operations engineer.
According to the statement, he rose to the position of the General Manager of the company and was also a member of the Y.F Powers’ (a sister company) technical team involved in the designing and actualization of the 1st phase 270MW Lagos State/ AES Emergency Barge Power Project.
Musah later served as the company’s Acting Managing Director and was on full time secondment to wholly owned subsidiary- Folawiyo Aje Services Limited (FASL) as the CEO. FASL he is the technical advisor on the OML113 project.
Musah is a member of several professional bodies, including Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE), Society of Petroleum Engineers, Nigerian Gas Association (Council Member) and Nigerian Association of Indigenous Petroleum Explorers and Producers (NAIPEC).
On the other hand, Osho, the statement said is a seasoned legal expert with vast experience in advocacy, commercial and property law, trademark and copyrights law as well as arbitration and legal drafting.
Osho holds a Masters of Law (LL.M) and Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Lagos. He obtained his LL.B (Hons.) Degree from Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State.
He was the General Manager, Legal Services/Company Secretary, Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited and General Manager, Legal Services, Mac-Folly Hospitality Limited (owner of Lagos Marriott Hotel, Ikeja) both subsidiaries of SIFAX Group).
