President Bola Tinubu has nominated Dr. Abdullahi Ramat as the new Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga in a statement issued Thursday said Ramat, 39, is an electrical engineer and administrator, with a PhD in Strategic Management, among other qualifications.
He added that the President 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.
However, to avoid a leadership vacuum in the critical regulatory agency, the President directed that Ramat assume office in acting capacity pending his screening by the Senate, as stipulated by the law.
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.