By SUNDAY ABBA, Abuja
Engr Abdullahi Garba Ramat has been nominated chairman and Chief executive officer, CEO, of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, by President Bola Tinubu.
This was made known to the Nigerian public via a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga , Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, recently.
Engr Ramat, 39, is an electrical engineer and administrator, with a PhD in Strategic Management, among other qualifications.
President Tinubu also nominated two commissioners for the NERC.
They are Mr Abubakar Yusuf, Commissioner of Consumer Affairs and Dr Fouad Olayinka Animashun, Commissioner of Finance and Management Services.
All nominations are subject to Senate confirmation in the days ahead.
However, to avoid a leadership vacuum in the critical regulatory agency, the president directed that Engr Ramat assume office in acting capacity pending his screening by the Senate, as stipulated by the law.
President Tinubu urged the new appointees to use their knowledge and experience to discharge their functions and work assiduously to advance the administration’s power sector vision.
Engr Abdullahi Garba Ramat , at 39, becomes one of the youngest appointees to lead a major federal regulatory body. With a robust academic and administrative background, Ramat is expected to bring a fresh perspective to NERC at a time when Nigeria is grappling with significant power sector challenges.