Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan has officially taken charge as the Commission Chief Executive (CCE) of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
Eyesan, whose nomination by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was confirmed by the Senate earlier in December 2025 following the resignation of the previous CCE, emphasised her commitment to making NUPRC a proactive business enabler rather than just a regulator. She pledged to reignite investor confidence, accelerate digitisation, transparency, and efficiency, and position the Commission as the gold standard regulator in Africa.
In a statement issued by Eniola Akinkuotu, Head of Media & Strategic Communications at NUPRC, she expressed a firm ambition to increase Nigeria’s crude oil production and significantly boost gas output to support national energy security and economic growth.
Eyesan said she plans to foster stronger stakeholder engagement, including with industry players, unions, professional bodies, and the public, as well as an open-door leadership style with frequent staff interactions and capacity-building initiatives to enhance technical expertise.
She said, “The goal is that we must enable the industry, we are regulators. We must enable the industry from our interactions with the stakeholders, from our interactions with everybody.
“If we work together, we can unleash opportunities, I don’t see impediments only opportunities.”