The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator, Douye Diri and the Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, led other members of the state executive to receive the leadership of Nigeria’s leading energy operator, Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, at the government house, Yenagoa, on Wednesday, April 16, 2026.
The governor expressed pride in the ‘Nigerianness’ of the leadership of Renaissance and pledged his administration’s ‘supportive and cordial relationship with Renaissance, much more than the state gave to the previous operator of the joint venture assets in the state.
Renaissance succeeds The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited as the operator of the NNPC/Renaissance/TotalEnergies/AENR Joint Venture.
Managing Director, Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, Tony Attah; Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo; the Governor, Senator Douye Diri; Chairman of Renaissance Board of Directors, Dr. Layi Fatona, and leaders of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, during a visit of the Renaissance leadership to the governor at the government house, Yenagoa… on Wednesday 16th April 2025.