President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Abdullahi Mustapha to serve as the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, ECN.
Abdulllahi Mustapha has served for over a decade in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) with significant experience in the Energy and Space Technology sectors.
Abdullahi most recently obtained his Doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Renewable Energy, followed by a Post-Doctoral Fellowship as a Research Associate in the School of Engineering at the prestigious University of Manchester.
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A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajurir Ngelale, President Tinubu expects the new ECN Chief Executive to make a positive impact on his administration’s intensive push to diversify the nation’s energy sources in a synergized fashion.
The statement notes what t says is the government’s ultimate aim of industrializing every part of the country with every citizen emancipated from the shackles of energy poverty.
(Editor: Ken Eseni)
