Bala Wunti
Bala Wunti (born 1970) is a Nigerian businessman and senior oil industry executive. He has served as the Chief Health, Safety, and Environment Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) since 2025. He was born in Bauchi State and attended Government Science School in Toro for his secondary education. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria and a master's degree from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University. He is a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science and the Chemical Society of Nigeria.
Wunti joined NNPC in 1991. He served as Senior Technical Advisor and then General Manager of the Efficiency Unit to the Group Managing Director from 2010 to 2015 and 2015 to 2016, respectively. He was General Manager and Technical Advisor on Downstream from 2016 to 2017, and Group General Manager of Corporate Planning and Strategy from 2017 to 2019. From 2019 to 2020, he was Managing Director of the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC). In 2025, he became NNPC’s Chief Health, Safety, and Environment Officer. He also helped review and amend the 1993 Deep Offshore Act to improve government production-sharing contracts and other negotiations.
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