President Bola Tinubu has nominated Abdullahi Ramat as the new Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
This was disclosed on Thursday in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.
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 Abubakar Yusuf, Commissioner of Consumer Affairs and Fouad Animashun, Commissioner of Finance and Management Services.
According to the statement, ” All nominations are subject to Senate confirmation”
The President, in a bid to avoid a leadership vacuum in the critical regulatory agency, directed that Ramat assume office in acting capacity pending his screening by the Senate, as stipulated by the law.
President Tinubu also 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.
