JUST IN: Tinubu appoints LAUTECH don NELMCO Board Director 

MOUTHPIECE NGR reports that President Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor Ayanfemi Ayandele, an Ogbomoso-born lecturer at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, into the board of Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO) 

Prof. Ayandele was the running mate to the current minister of power, Adébáyọ̀ Adelabu for the 2023 governorship election under Accord party. 

PRESIDENT TINUBU APPROVES RECONSTITUTION OF NELMCO BOARD AND AMENDED STRUCTURE*

President Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO) with a modification to the NELMCO Board structure, which empowers the Office of the Minister of Power to take over the Board Chairmanship from the Office of the Minister of Finance, in view of NELMCO’s central role in the operation of the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).

Honourable Minister of Power — NELMCO Board Chairman

Honourable Minister of Finance — NELMCO Board Vice-Chairman

Director-General, Debt Management Office — Member

Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises — Member

Mrs. Mojoyinoluwa Dekalu-Thomas — NELMCO Managing Director/CEO (five-year term)

Mr. Joseph Asuku Bello — NELMCO Executive Director, Asset Management (five-year term)

Mr. Hassan Yahya — NELMCO Executive Director, Corporate Services (five-year term)

Mr. Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya — Non-Executive Director (three-year term)

Prof. (Mrs) Ayanfemi Ayandele — Non-Executive Director (three-year term)

In consonance with his Renewed Hope Agenda, President Tinubu anticipates that NELMCO Board’s new structure and composition will yield expeditious and measurable progress in the management of the power sector’s post-privatization liabilities to create conditions for the sustainable attainment of world-class standards of operational efficiency across all sub-components of the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).