President Tinubu Confirms Abba Aliyu As MD Of Rural Electrification Agency
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday, January 31, 2025, approved the appointment of Abba Abubakar Aliyu as the substantive Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA).
A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, said the appointment which takes effect from January 23, 2025, is for an initial term of four years.
The statement said that Aliyu has been acting as the agency’s managing director since March 2024 until his appointment.
Aliyu has over 20 years of experience in energy and organisational development in the private and public sectors and 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, Aliyu 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.
