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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a substantive Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer and two Executive Directors for the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited, NDPHC.

They are Joseph Chiedu Ugbo (Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer), who is currently acting in the same capacity; Mallam Baba yo Shehu, Executive Director (Finance and Administration) and Ife Oyedele, Executive Director (Engineering and Technical Services).

The announcement was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday night by the Director (Press and Public Relations) in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Bolaji Adebiyi in Abuja.

Ugbo, a legal practitioner and infrastructure regulations specialist with extensive experience in electricity industry reform and privatisation, has Bachelors and Master of Law Degrees from the University of Lagos and was admitted to practice Law in Nigeria in 1991.

“For over 15 years, he provided legal advisory services to public sector power entities including legal support to erstwhile National Electric Power Authority and the Bureau of Public Enterprises during the privatisation of the 20 successor companies of Power Holding Company of Nigeria”, Adebiyi stated.

Shehu holds a First Class Honours Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

Niger Delta Power Holding Company

Niger Delta Power Holding Company

A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Shehu commenced his working career with Bauchi State Development Board in 1981.

He was in Banking between 1987 and 2003 and thereafter joined the federal public service in 2003 and was in the service between 2003 and 2014.

Oyedele who graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree, Electrical Engineering from the University of Lagos in 1982, is a member, Nigerian Society of Engineers and Institute of Directors.

Between 1982 and 1992, Oyedele worked in both the public and private sectors and later established his own company, Messrs Matcom Limited in 1992.

Oyedele is the Managing Director of the company until his new appointment.

WuzupNaija recalls that the Federal Government had sacked the management of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company led by James Abiodun Olotu on June 10, 2016.

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