Tinubu urged Mustapha to make positive impact as his administration aims to industrialize every part of the country
By Kehinde Okeowo
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Abdullahi Mustapha as the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN).
This was contained in a statement made available on Monday by Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity.
Ngelale noted that Mustapha has significant experience in the energy sector, having worked for more than 10 years in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
The statement further stated that his career also stretched into the space technology sector.
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Tinubu also urged the new ECN Chief Executive to make a positive impact as his administration aims to industrialize every part of the country.
“President Tinubu 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 synergized fashion across the government toward the ultimate aim of industrializing every part of the country with every citizen emancipated from the shackles of energy poverty,” the statement read.
Mustapha recently obtained his Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering focusing on Renewable Energy and followed it up with a Post-Doctoral Fellowship as a Research Associate in the School of Engineering at the prestigious University of Manchester.