{"id":20389,"date":"2025-12-03T11:13:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/nigeria-to-host-african-petroleum-regulators-forum-regulator-elected-chair\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:31:42","slug":"nigeria-to-host-african-petroleum-regulators-forum-regulator-elected-chair","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/nigeria-to-host-african-petroleum-regulators-forum-regulator-elected-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria to host African petroleum regulators forum, regulator elected chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">African petroleum regulators have chosen Nigeria as their headquarters and elected Gbenga Komolafe, head of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), as chair, the forum said <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">this Wednesday<\/span><span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Komolafe, who previously served as Interim Chair, was confirmed during the African Petroleum Regulators Forum (AFRIPERF) inaugural executive committee meeting held virtually on Tuesday and attended by representatives from 16 African countries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe are laying the foundation for a more harmonised and collaborative regulatory environment across Africa,\u201d Komolafe said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>AFRIPERF was established to strengthen petroleum governance across Africa by harmonising regulations, promoting investment and fostering collaboration among national regulators.<\/div>\n<div>Eight countries have ratified the forum\u2019s treaty, granting them full membership and voting rights, the statement said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Nigeria, Africa\u2019s largest crude producer, has long sought to position itself as a hub for regional energy co-operation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014Reuters\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20390,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-20389","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"AFRIPERF was established to strengthen petroleum governance across Africa.","published_date":null,"news_description":"AFRIPERF was established to strengthen petroleum governance across Africa.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24445,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/20389\/revisions\/24445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=20389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}