Tinubu appoints Aliyu as Rural Electrification Agency MD

President Bola 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.

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, Corporate Services, Projects, and Research, and Deputy General Manager at Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading PLC (NBET).

Tinubu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, expressed confidence that Aliyu will leverage his extensive expertise to further the REA’s mission of providing rural communities with reliable electric power.