By Seyi Babalola
President Bola Tinubu Monday named Dr. Abdullahi Mustapha as Director-General and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Energy Commission..
This was disclosed by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement he issued late Monday. The statement was titled: ‘President Tinubu selects new ECN Chief Executive Officer.’
Ajuri said Mustapha had worked for the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission for almost a decade and had an extensive expertise in the energy and space technology industries.
He just completed a doctorate in mechanical engineering with an emphasis on renewable energy, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship as a research associate in the School of Engineering at the famous University of Manchester in England.
Tinubu said he hoped that the newly appointed chief executive will “make a positive impact on his administration’s intensive push to diversify the nation’s energy sources in a synergised fashion across the government towards the ultimate aim of industrialising every part of the country with every citizen emancipated from the shackles of energy poverty.”
