{"id":354356,"date":"2025-01-31T16:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T15:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=354356"},"modified":"2025-01-31T16:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T15:46:11","slug":"tinubu-appoints-abba-aliyu-as-rea-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/01\/31\/tinubu-appoints-abba-aliyu-as-rea-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu appoints Abba Aliyu as REA MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><strong>Aliyu has been acting as the agency\u2019s managing director since March 2024 until his appointment<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has appointed Abba Abubakar Aliyu as the substantive Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, REA.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/11\/30\/tinubu-hails-okonjo-iweala-on-her-wto-reappointment-pledges-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appointment<\/a>, effective from January 23, 2025, is for an initial term of four years.<\/p>\n<p>Aliyu has been acting as the agency\u2019s managing director since March 2024 until his appointment.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>President Tinubu in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said he \u201canticipates that Aliyu will leverage his extensive expertise to further the REA\u2019s mission of providing rural communities with reliable electric power and contributing to the administration\u2019s Renewed Hope Agenda on sustainable energy and power.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aliyu has been acting as the agency\u2019s managing director since March 2024 until his appointment President Bola Tinubu has appointed Abba Abubakar Aliyu as the substantive Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, REA. 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