Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Abdullahi Garba Ramat as the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), according to a statement from the presidency.
Ramat, 39, is an electrical engineer with a PhD in Strategic Management. He will assume office in an acting capacity pending confirmation by the Senate, as stated by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga.
“To avoid a leadership vacuum in the critical regulatory agency, the President directed that Engr. Ramat assume office in an acting capacity pending his screening by the Senate, as stipulated by law.”
President Tinubu also nominated two other officials to serve as commissioners of the regulatory body: 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.
President Tinubu charged the appointees to utilize their expertise “to discharge their functions and work assiduously to advance the administration’s power sector vision.”
Ramat, a licensed electrical engineer, holds a PhD in Strategic Management from Lincoln University, a Master’s in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Jodhpur National University, India, and a B.Eng in Electrical Engineering from Bayero University, Kano.
His notable achievements include deploying smart grid and IoT solutions that reduced infrastructure costs by 40% and pioneering blockchain-based e-governance in Kano, tripling local government revenue.
He previously served as the Kano State Representative on the NERC Consumer Forum (2019-2020) and has led institutional reforms across public and private sectors.
As the founder and CEO of AG Ramat Global Link and AG Ramat Global Apex, he has driven ventures in engineering consulting and technology services.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
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