The appointment of Jean-Marc Cordier as the head of the oil trading arm of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has raised diverse concerns among industry experts and operators.

Energy expert and Chief Executive Officer, Sage Consulting, Bode Fadipe, said it is of concern to most Nigerians that the NNPC Limited is still having a foreigner in such a strategic business enterprise in the country.

He wondered if there were no Nigerians that could handle the office without recourse to the use of an expatriate.

Fadipe said this was the first time he would see such an appointment in the national oil company, describing the development as abnormal.