Buhari nominates Prof. Momoh as NERC Chairman

President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Prof. James Momoh as Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).

The President’s nominee is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; and Director of Energy Services and Controls at Howard University, United States.

A statement issued by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said Prof. Momoh, a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and Fellow of the Nigeria Society of Engineers, has over three decades of teaching and research experience in power system, smart grid, optimisation and power communications.

The 1987 recipient of the National Science Foundation-US White House Presidential Young Investigator Award is a widely published scholar and has held several leadership positions in the academia.

Prof. Momoh has a Doctorate degree in electrical engineering from Howard University; Master’s degrees in systems engineering from the University of Pennsylvania; and electrical engineering from Carnegie University.

He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1975 from Howard University.

President Buhari believed that Prof. Momoh has the technical knowledge, capacity and integrity to lead the Commission’s effort to bring about the much needed change in Nigeria’s power sector.