President Bola Tinubu has reappointed Kenny Osebi Anuwe and Prof Mamman Lawal as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Secretary/Legal Advisor of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Power Company Limited respectively.
The president also appointed three new officials into the FGN Power Company management team including Ebenezer Olawale Fapohunda, appointed as the company’s Chief Technical Officer (CTO); Babatunde Daramola Oniru, appointed as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Julius Oyekola Olabiyi, appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
The Special Adviser to Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, who made this known in a statement issued on Friday said that the appointment was in recognition of the critical role of power supply in driving enterprise and industrial development in the country.
Ngelale said that Tinubu made the new appointment into the Power Company as a part of comprehensive efforts to reform the power sector and ensure energy security for all Nigerians.
According to him, “The President anticipates that with the full constitution of the management team, the FGN Power Company Limited will work assiduously to realize the core objectives of the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) in close collaboration with Siemens Energy through a holistic overhaul, modernization, and expansion of the national grid and other critical measures to ensure the growth of the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).”