President Tinubu appoints Doris Uboh Executive Director, Rural Electrification Agency ~ Truth Reporters

 

Honourable Doris Olayemi Uboh MNSE has been appointed as the substantive Rural Electrification Fund Executive Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR.

 

The appointment, effective from January 23, 2025, is for an initial term of four years.

 

Honourable Uboh, a former member of the House Of Representatives, has been acting as the REF executive director since March 2024 and will now settle into her role following her substantive appointment.

 

Doris Uboh is a New York-trained Electrical Engineer with more than 30 years of working experience in the Power sector locally and internationally.

She was at different times between 1995 – 2007/2011 – 2014 Managing Director DAGASTEEL INTERNATIONAL LTD.

She was also Executive Director (Technical) at DANIEL POWER LIMITED between 2011 – 2018 and was a Technical Consultant to LAGA CE POWER LIMITED between 2018 and 2024.

Hon Doris Uboh was also elected to the House of Representatives, where she represented Ika Federal Constituency between 2007 and 2011.

 

At the House of Representatives, she sponsored the Minimum Wage bill which was harmonised with an Executive Bill and assented to by then President Goodluck E. Jonathan, GCFR.

She also sponsored the amendment of the Petroleum Pipeline Vandalization Bill and co-sponsored the Petroleum Industry Bill and Child Rights Bill.

Between 2007 and 2011, She was the Chairman House Committee on Petroleum Product and Marketing Company, as well as, a member of the House Committees on Petroleum Downstream, Public Procurement, Police and Marine Transport.

 

Hon Doris Uboh is focused on working with the leadership of the REA to achieve the Agency's mandate to provide rural communities with power and contribute to the success of the Renewed Hope Agenda.