Tinubu appoints Abdullahi Mustapha as Nigeria’s Energy Commission DG

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Dr. Abdullahi Mustapha as the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN).

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

Mustapha, who obtained his Doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Renewable Energy, has over 10 years working in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission.

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He also served as a Research Associate in the School of Engineering at the University of Manchester, England.

The statement read: “The President 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 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.”

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