Former Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has reported to the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, for inauguration of the Governing Board of the Rural Electrification Agency, REA, for teh resumption of office of the board members.

Fayose was appointed chairman of REA by President Bola Tinubu.

After the inauguration, Fayose thanked President Tinubu for considering him and the other appointees worthy of serving on the board.

He said his immediate focus would be to help move the agency forward by providing the necessary political will and ensuring that its programmes receive the required funding.

The Managing Director of REA, Abba Aliyu, also thanked President Tinubu for the opportunity to serve and pledged that the agency would continue working to expand electricity access to underserved and unserved communities.

He said the agency remained committed to ensuring that more Nigerians benefited from electricity through its various rural and off-grid electrification programmes.

The inauguration formally marks the commencement of the new board’s tenure, with Fayose \ leading the governing board in providing strategic direction and oversight for the agency’s activities, as the chairman.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, inaugurating the REA governing board, described the agency as a strategic institution within the country’s power sector architecture.

He has said Nigeria’s electricity sector must shift its focus from measuring power generation to measuring the number of communities and people benefiting from electricity.

Tegbe described REA as a bridge between national electricity policy and grassroots development, saying its impact should be felt beyond major cities.

The minister said the agency must ensure that the benefits of power-sector reforms reach communities across the federation.