The Board of Directors of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has announced the appointment of its female Managing Director/CEO, Dr. Tinuade Sanda.
She takes over from Adeoye Fadeyibi, an engineer, who was in the saddle for four years.
She joined the company in 2013 as the Chief Treasury and Taxation Officer and later became the Chief Accounting Officer.
Sanda, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Institute of Management Consultants, United States and Institute of Professional Financial Managers, London, among other professional bodies, is expected to lead the next phase of EKEDC’s growth by aggressively reducing Aggregate, Technical, Commercial and Collection (ATC&C) losses, increasing energy reliability/availability and improving the Company’s customer satisfaction index.
In similar vein, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has appointed Adeoye Fadeyibi as its new Chief Executive officer.
Fadeyibi, has over 20 years experience, succeeds Akinwumi Bada, who served as AEDC’s Interim Managing Director since last year.
Before joining AEDC, Fadeyibi was the Managing Director of EKEDC (ATC&C) losses.
Also, Kassim Burkullu has been appointed as the new Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of AEDC, replacing Oluwafemi Zacchaeus.
Burkullu, who joined AEDC from Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), where he was Head, Corporate Technical Operations Services, brings in over 25 years’ experience.
A statement by AEDC read: “These appointments are necessary steps in further positioning AEDC towards efficiency in customer service delivery and ensuring the effectiveness of turn-around embarked by the new management of the company. Furthermore, these changes will ensure that the strategic vision of the Board is aligned with how the company operates going forward.”