Engr. Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz, who has been in acting capacity for almost 2 years, has been confirmed as substantive Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).
The appointment takes effect from April 4, 2022.
A statement by TCN spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, on Wednesday, said TCN under Abdulaziz, recorded achievements under his watch along with four Executive Directors, bringing to bear his over 25-years of engineering experience and responsibility as a project manager.
His flagship strategy was the execution of the Nigeria Electricity Grid Maintenance, Expansion and Rehabilitation Programme (NEGMERP) to guide the execution of capital and reinforcement projects across the transmission regions in the country while still giving priority to the maintenance of the existing infrastructure.
Some core power projects he led included the Abuja feeding scheme project which consists of a 330kV line, two 330/132kV, and three 132kV transmission substations slated for commissioning by September; the World Bank – sponsored NETAP project is progressing as 15 power transformers were imported by TCN recently, a very significant achievement in the history of the power sector in Nigeria.
Abdulaziz who holds a Master of Science in Electronics/Automation Engineering from the Technical University in Sofia, Bulgaria, has also been the Chairman of the Executive Board of the West African Power Pool (WAPP) since 2020, flagging off the North Core transmission project that will interconnect Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger and Nigeria for cross-border electricity trade
