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Tinubu Appoints Rilwan Babalola as Special Adviser on Power

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Tinubu Appoints Rilwan Babalola as Special Adviser on Power

Ahmad Sirajo Makama, Abuja

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr. Rilwan Lanre Babalola as Special Adviser to the President on Power and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Power Sector Reset and Restoration.

In a statement, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the President has redesignated the Office of the Special Adviser on Energy as Special Adviser on Oil and Gas to clarify responsibilities and eliminate overlap within the energy governance framework.

Mr. Babalola, a former Minister for Power, brings deep sectoral expertise and a proven understanding of the structural and operational challenges within the electricity value chain. His appointment underscores the President’s determination to undertake a decisive, results-driven reset of Nigeria’s power sector.

The Presidential Task Force, which he heads, will operate under a direct presidential mandate as a high-level, delivery-focused vehicle to restore discipline, efficiency, and commercial viability across the power sector, while ensuring effective coordination among relevant ministries, departments, and agencies.

The Task Force’s mandate includes driving a comprehensive system reset of the electricity sector; implementing a “Performance Before Expansion” framework; reducing technical, commercial, and collection losses; and strengthening cost discipline and tariff integrity.

It will also enhance revenue assurance and sector liquidity; restore grid discipline and market integrity; promote productive use of power across key sectors; develop Electricity Growth Zones; reduce fiscal exposure; and deliver a 90-day implementation blueprint.

The President expects Mr. Babalola to bring urgency, discipline, and a strong execution focus to the assignment, in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda, to deliver measurable improvements in power supply and overall sector performance.