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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Abba Abubakar Aliyu as the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) for an initial four-year term, effective January 23, 2025, News360 Nigeria reports.

Aliyu, who had been acting as the agency’s head since March 2024, brings over 20 years of experience in energy and organizational development across both the public and private sectors.

His expertise spans on-grid and off-grid power solutions, as well as contributions to water resources and transportation.

Prior to this appointment, Aliyu served as:

Head of the Project Management Unit at the Nigeria Electrification Project

General Manager of Corporate Services, Projects, and Research

Deputy General Manager at Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading PLC (NBET)

The full statement reads:

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS ABBA ALIYU AS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AGENCY

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Abba Abubakar Aliyu as the substantive Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).

The appointment, effective from January 23, 2025, is for an initial term of four years.

Aliyu has been acting as the agency's managing director since March 2024 until his appointment.

He has over 20 years of experience in energy and organisational development in the private and public sectors. He has played key leadership roles in the on-grid and off-grid power sectors, as well as the water resources and transportation sectors of Nigeria's economy.

Previously, he was head of the Project Management Unit at the Nigeria Electrification Project; General Manager of Corporate Services, Projects, and Research, and Deputy General Manager at Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading PLC (NBET).

President Tinubu anticipates that Aliyu will leverage his extensive expertise to further the REA's mission of providing rural communities with reliable electric power and contributing to the administration's Renewed Hope Agenda on sustainable energy and power.

Acekidc4:
Ok but why not Engr Sulaiman Bolakale Kawu. He is far more experienced💯🤔

InfoGuru118:
https://news360ng.com/breaking-tinubu-appoints-abba-aliyu-as-rea-managing-director/

BABANGBALI:
Baba no dey give better positions to people outside south west

Acekidc4:
Ok but why not Engr Sulaiman Bolakale Kawu. He is far more experienced💯🤔

GOFRONT:
At the end of his tenure, he will fall for EFCC trap

beerfraud:
Tulumbu should please remember Ndi deveropers too
Cc
Kafirbigot

BABANGBALI:
Baba no dey give better positions to people outside south west

RightChannel:
Rural is for fulani and hausa, urban for Yeroba

Kafirbigot:
Beerfraud
Peterobiisathe
Mazisimonekpa1
Wediehere1
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Ebubu
Peacemaker5129
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And remember all these your monikers

beerfraud:
. your list is getting shorter everyday
I hope you are not sick?

Acekidc4:
Ok but why not Engr Sulaiman Bolakale Kawu. He is far more experienced💯🤔

beerfraud:
. your list is getting shorter everyday
I hope you are not sick?