Also, it said, the Bureau under the re-appointed Director General’s watch, had embarked on various sectoral initiatives and that at present,”BPE is driving the Presidential Power Initiative (PPI), a government to government programme initiated by the President Muhammdau Buhari’s administration aimed at resolving the existing challenges in the Nigeria Power Sector as well as modernization and expansion of the national electricity grid for future power needs”.
It also noted that under Okoh’s visionary leadership, the Bureau is facilitating a comprehensive reform in the Health Sector even as the Bureau is working with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Federal Ministry of Power, the World Bank and other relevant stakeholders in the implementation of a comprehensive Power Sector Recovery Programme (PSRP) to address some of the post handover challenges of the power sector.
Other recipients at the ceremony include: the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of Environment, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah, Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris and the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company of Nigeria Limited, Mr. Joseph Chiedu Ugbo; among others.
