- Safiu Kehinde
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Abba Aliyu as the substantive Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).
Aliyu, who had been agency’s Acting MD since March 2024, was officially appointment by the President on full capacity.
As contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Aliyu’s appointment is to take effective from January 23, 2025, is for an initial term of four years.
As described in the statement, the REA MD 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).
Onanuga stated that Tinubu anticipated 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.