Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has appointed Engineer Jennifer Adighije as the new Managing Director/CEO of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC).
Engr Adighije takes over from Chiedu Ugbo, who completed his two-term tenure as MD in August 2016.
Her appointment which was confirmed in a statement released by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President, Media & Publicity, on Monday, also announced the appointment of new management members of the power company.
The new management includes Engineer Abdullahi Kassim, Executive Director (Generation), Engineer Bello Babayo Bello, Executive Director (Networks) and Mr Emmmanuel Umeoji, Executive Director (Corporate Services)
Others are Mr Omololu Agoro, Executive Director (Finance & Accounts), Engineer Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, Executive Director (Strategy & Commercial), and Barrister Steven Andzenge, Executive Director (Legal Services).
According to the statement, President Tinubu expects Ms Jennifer Adighije and the new members of the management of the company to deploy their expertise and experience to drive NDPHC’s mandate of effectively managing the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP).
Ms Jennifer Adighije, the new NDPHC Chief Executive Officer, is an experienced engineer with vast competencies across management functions in the private and public sectors.
She started her career journey at PHCN (formerly NEPA) as a Transmission Maintenance Engineer and later moved to Globacom where she worked impeccably to create cutting-edge value-added services which propelled her to Helios Towers Nigeria, as Head of the company’s project management office PMO.
She later joined the Central Bank of Nigeria at the managerial level in the Procurement Department, where she did Value Engineering and Cost Control on the bank’s capital projects.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Wireless Networks & Telecommunications from Queen Mary University of London, UK, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria.
She is a member of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, a registered COREN practitioner, and a life member of the Rotary Club.
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