Tinubu Appoints Abdullahi Mustapha As DG ECN

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Abdullahi Mustapha to serve as the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN).

Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.

Mustapha has served for over a decade in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), with significant experience in the Energy and Space Technology sectors.

Mustapha most recently obtained his Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering focusing on Renewable Energy, followed by a Post-Doctoral Fellowship as a Research Associate in the School of Engineering at the prestigious University of Manchester.

President Tinubu urged 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.