VOL.XXXVI

NO.50

13-SEPTEMBER-1993

GENERAL

NigeriaAppoints New Oil Minister

Chief Don Etiebet has been named asSecretary ofPetroleum

andMineralResourcesbythenew interim government in Nigeria. He replaces Chief PhilipAsiodu, following the appointment of Chief Ernest Shonekan asPresident ofNigeria bythecountry'sformer military ruler,GeneralIbrahim

Babangida, on 26 August.Mr. Ibrahim Ali, an engineer, has been appointed Secretary of State forPetroleum and Mineral

Resources.