*Firm’s team on visit to Sanwo-Olu
*As Yakubu Lawal retires
OpeOluwani Akintayo
Lagos — The Niger Delta Power Holding Company, NDPHC has signed a Power Purchase Agreement, PPA with Anyigba Independent Electricity Distribution Company Ltd.
The event, according to the newly appointed Head Communication & Public Relations, Mrs. Funke Nwankwo, took place at the Omotosho Power Plant, Ondo State on 29th September 2020.
It happened almost simultaneously with the visit of Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, NDPHC, Chiedu Ugbo, who led an ‘eligible customer drive’ delegation to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu.
“The NDPHC team that signed the PPA agreement in Ondo, on the other hand, was led by the Executive Director, E&TS, Engr. IfeOluwa Oyedele;” Nwakwo said in a statement sent to Platforms Africa.
Other members of NDPHC delegation received by Lagos State Governor; His Excellency Babajide Sanwoolu, included the Company Secretary and Legal Adviser, Mr. Mohammed Mahmud; GM, Procurement, Mrs. Nkechi Mba; Technical Assistant on Transmission to MD/CEO, Engr. Steve Olumuyiwa; and Head Commercial, Mallam Mahmud Wali.
Meanwhile, the General Manager, Public Affairs of the company, Alhaji Yakubu Lawal, has retired from active services.
Lawal, a veteran journalist whose sojourn in the profession spanned three decades reporting the energy sector, worked for Punch and The Guardian among other top newspapers in the country before joining the NDPHC.
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He has traveled to some of the major countries of the world on journalism voyage to cover global energy events and institutions like the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC; Offshore Technology Conference, OTC, the World Petroleum Congress, WPC, among others
Mrs. Funke Nwankwo now sits in his stead as the Head, Communication & Public Relations.
