A MATTER OF PRIDE

Mr. Nuhu Yakubu, is a seasoned Oil & Gas services related business development and management expert, with over 14 years industry experience. He has hands on multi-services experience, in the development and management of oil and gas upstream and downstream businesses in Nigeria,as the Group Managing Director of Banner Energy Ltd,Stan Chem International Ltd and Homegate Ltd.

Banner Energy Ltd (BannerGas) is an engineering design, construction, maintenance, Project Development and Project Management Services Company. Banner is pioneering the deepening of the LPG sub-sector of the Nigerian economy, by its on-going project of the procurement and installation and maintenance of 500 BannerGas LPG retail stations across Nigeria, haven been awarded the first of such kind license in Nigeria,by the Department of Petroleum Resources and the Standards Organization of Nigeria.Banner is amongst other projects,currently partnering Oando PLC, Vitol/NNPC and other oil majors,to deliver the most extensive LP Gas storage,distribution and retail systems network in Nigeria.Banner was nominated for the award of the “MOST OUTSTANDING GAS COMPANY IN NIGERIA FOR 2006”,by the Nigerian Energy Digest (NED).

Homegate Ltd (Homegate) is a real estate investment and management company,for the ownership and management of the business of real estate development, hotels and catering services. Homegate real estate portfolio value has steadily risen now to over N2Billion (about $14Million).Homegate supports SPDC Niger Delta locations with catering services, producing over 1000 meals daily.

He was honored by the Rivers State Government of Nigeria, with the appointment of, “JUSTICE OF THE PEACE” (JP),in June 2002, for his motivational engagements and creation of employment opportunities for the restive youths of the oil richNiger Delta region of Nigeria. Nuhu Yakubu is also a recipient of The Guardian Award of the “Outstanding Personalities of the Year 2000”.

Born in September 1970, to a devout educationalist the late Alhaji Sharp Arunah Yakubu,Mr. Nuhu Yakubu holds a M.Sc. in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management,from the University of Lagos (1999); B.Sc. in Economics and Management Sciences,from the Bendel State University, Ekpoma (1992), and an Ordinary Diploma (equivalent) of Science from the University of Benin (1989). He has attended many management training and technical courses locally and internationally,including at the Lagos Business School and the Texas A&M University.

He holds a certificate in Strategic Finance, from the Harvard University

He is married with children.