Tinubu Appoints Rilwan Babalola as Special Adviser on Power, Sets Up Presidential Task Force

President Tinubu has appointed Rilwan Babalola as Special Adviser on Power and set up Presidential Task Force.

 

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

 

The appointment was announced in a statement issued on Thursday by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga.

 

According to the Presidency, Babalola, a former Minister of Power, brings extensive experience and a deep understanding of the structural and operational challenges affecting Nigeria’s electricity sector.

 

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As part of the latest restructuring within the energy sector, the Presidency also redesignated the Office of the Special Adviser (Energy) to Special Adviser (Oil & Gas) to streamline responsibilities and eliminate overlaps within the government’s energy governance framework.

 

The statement noted that the newly inaugurated Presidential Task Force would operate under a direct presidential mandate with a strong focus on restoring efficiency, discipline, and commercial viability in the power sector.

 

“The newly constituted task force will operate under a direct presidential mandate as a delivery-focused vehicle to restore discipline, efficiency, and commercial viability across the power sector,” the statement read.

 

The task force is also expected to coordinate activities among key ministries, departments, and agencies involved in the electricity industry.

 

According to the Presidency, the committee has been mandated to implement a comprehensive reset of the electricity sector through a “Performance Before Expansion” framework.

 

Its responsibilities include reducing technical and commercial losses, strengthening tariff integrity, improving revenue assurance, boosting sector liquidity, restoring grid discipline, and enhancing market integrity.

 

The team is also expected to promote productive power usage across critical sectors, develop electricity growth zones, reduce fiscal pressures on government, and deliver a 90-day implementation plan.

 

President Tinubu expressed confidence that Babalola would bring urgency, discipline, and strong execution capacity to the role in line with the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda aimed at improving electricity supply and overall sector performance in Nigeria.