President Bola Tinubu has appointed Professor Shu’aibu Shehu Aliyu as Government Secretary of the Petroleum Know-how Growth Fund (PTDF).
He replaces Ahmed Galadima Aminu who lately resigned to take part within the 2027 governorship election in Adamawa State.
Presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, in a press launch issued on Thursday, said the President additionally renewed Engineer Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz’s appointment because the Managing Director/Chief Government Officer of the Transmission Firm of Nigeria (TCN) for a second and remaining time period.
Each appointments take instant impact.
Tinubu urged each appointees to discharge their tasks with diligence, integrity, and a powerful sense of nationwide service, in alignment with the Renewed Hope Agenda.
Aliyu, the brand new PTDF helmsman, was, till his appointment, Government Secretary of the Nationwide Fee for Mass Literacy, Grownup and Non-Formal Schooling.
He’s a distinguished educational and seasoned administrator with in depth expertise in analysis, schooling, and institutional management.
His appointment underscores the President’s dedication to strengthening key establishments within the petroleum sector and advancing capability improvement for Nigeria’s vitality business.
The president expects him to leverage his wealth of expertise to reposition the PTDF for higher impression in human capital improvement, innovation, and strategic help for the oil and fuel sector consistent with nationwide priorities.
Tinubu renewed Abdulaziz’s appointment following a complete evaluation of his efficiency and management of the nation’s transmission community.
Below his stewardship, TCN recorded notable enhancements in grid stability, transmission capability growth, and system modernization, reinforcing its essential position in Nigeria’s electrical energy worth chain.
Abdulaziz brings over three many years of expertise within the energy sector and has additionally strengthened regional electrical energy integration by way of his management within the West African Energy Pool (WAPP).
Deji Elumoye
Times Nigeria