From David Onuoja Abuja
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has approved the appointment of Mulisiu Oseni, as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), following the Senate’s confirmation of its members on December 16, in Abuja.
According to a Press statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, said the appointment takes effect immediately as the President equally reconstituted the Board of the Commission.
Dr Oseni who was appointed Commissioner in January 2017; has subsequently been appointed Vice Chairman, and now the Chairman of the Commission.
The statement said his appointment took effect from 1 December 2025 and shall subsist until the completion of his ten-year tenure at the Commission, in accordance with the provisions of the Electricity Act, 2023.
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Other Members of the reconstituted Board are: Yusuf Ali, PhD. — Vice Chairman, Mr Nathan Rogers Shatti — Commissioner, Mr Dafe Akpeneye — Commissioner, Aisha Mahmud Kanti Bello — Commissioner, Dr Chidi Ike — Commissioner and Dr Fouad Animashaun — Commissioner.
Dr Ali was first appointed as a Commissioner in February 2022. His designation as Vice Chairman took effect on 1 December 2025 and shall remain in effect until the completion of his first term. Also, Mr Shatti is serving a second term as commissioner. He was first appointed in January 2017, Mr Akpeneye is serving a second term, having been first appointed as a Commissioner in January 2017.
On the part of Aisha Bello, she is serving her second term, having been first appointed as a Commissioner in December 2020. Dr Ike is serving his first term, having been first appointed as a Commissioner in February 2022 and Dr Animashaun is serving his first term, effective December 2025.
Dr Animashaun is an energy economist with extensive experience in the Nigerian power sector and most recently served as Executive Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission.
President Tinubu, has charged the board members of NERC to deepen and consolidate the ongoing transformation of Nigeria’s power sector, in strict alignment with the letter and spirit of the Electricity Act, 2023.
