Federal Ministry of Power is an arm of the

Federal government of Nigeria The federal government of Nigeria is composed of three distinct branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial, whose powers are vested and bestowed upon by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. One of the primary f ...

with the responsibilities of providing social amenities such as Electricity across the country. The Ministry in discharging this mandate is guided by the provisions of the laws provided under National Electric Power Policy (NEPP) of 2001, the Electric Power Sector Reform (EPSR) Act of 2005, Rural Electrification Implementation Strategy Plan 2016 and the Roadmap for Power Sector Reform of August 2010.

Administration

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appoint

Babatunde Fashola Babatunde Raji Fashola ( ; born 28 June 1963) is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as the federal minister of Works and Housing of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He was the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing (Nigeria), minister of Pow ...

former governor of

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as minister of Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, served from 2015 to 2019, in 2019 Saleh Mamman was appointed as a new minister. the Minister of Works And Housing. The President makes the announcement after an inauguration of his cabinet in capital territory

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. Later on The president decided to split the ministry into two He appointed Sale Mamman as minister of Power and Fashola to handle Works and Housing.

Directors

Agency

Federal Ministry of Works and Housing complex

The Ministry executes its mandatory work through the following Seven (7) Agencies: * Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) * Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) * Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) * Rural Electrification Agency (REA) * Nigerian Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO) * National Power Training Institute (NAPTIN) * Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading PLC (NBET) http://www.power.gov.ng, Official Website for Ministry of Power, Works and Housing

External links

Official Portal
Federal Ministry of Works and Housing Abuja HQ

References

{{Federal Ministries of Nigeria Federal Ministries of Nigeria