President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of four Nigerian professionals to serve as Executive Directors of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), even as he reconstituted the Management Team of FGN Power Company.

Presidential Spokesman Ajuri Ngelale, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the appointment was for a renewable term of four years.

In the case of TCN, Ngelale said the appointment was part of Tinubu’s efforts to enhance the quality and quantity of electric power wheeled across the nation’s power grid.

The new appointees are Oluwagbenga Ajiboye, Executive Director, Transmission Service Provider and Nafisatu Asabe-Ali, Executive Director, Independent System Operations.

Others are Ogini Chukwuka, Executive Director, Finance and Accounts and Abiodun Afolabi, Executive Director, Human Resources and Corporate Services.

Ngelale said the president approved the appointment based on the appointees’ strength of experience, competence level, qualifications, character and dedication.

He said that Tinubu expected the appointees to commit themselves to realising the innovative and expansive energy vision of his administration, in addition to delivering excellent service to Nigerians.

The Presidential Spokesman in another statement announced the reconstitution of the management team of the FGN Power Company Limited. He named the members and their portfolios as follwos:

(1) Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - Kenny Osebi Anuwe (reappointed)

(2) Company Secretary/Legal Advisor - Prof Mamman Lawal (reappointed)

(3) Chief Technical Officer (CTO) - Ebenezer Olawale Fapohunda

(4) Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) - Babatunde Daramola Oniru

(5) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Julius Oyekola Olabiyi

“The President anticipates that with the full constitution of the management team, the FGN Power Company Limited will work assiduously to realize the core objectives of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) in close collaboration with Siemens Energy through a holistic overhaul, modernization, and expansion of the national grid and other critical measures to ensure the growth of the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI),” Ngelale said.

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