Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz

Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz is currently the managing director/chief executive officer of Nigeria's sole electricity transmission company Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and he represents the Executive Management on the governing board of the company after being appointed by former president Muhammadu Buhari. He was appointed in April 2022 after serving as the acting managing director during the restructuring of the leadership of the organization by the federal government in line with the Electric Power Sector Reform Act (EPSR Act). 
==His Education==
Engr Abdulaziz obtained his first degree in electrical engineering and Masters in Automation engineering from the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. He was conferred with a honorary doctorate degree of Science in Engineering and Project Management by the European American University, Commonwealth of Dominica. 
==Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria==
Before his present appointment, he had joined the defunct National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) in 1996 as Manager, Electrical, and rose through the ranks to become the Senior Manager, and subsequently the Principal Manager, Projects in the defunct Power Holding Company (PHCN), in charge of and supervising various project sites nationwide. Engr. (Dr). Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz held several management positions in the company including General Manager, Projects at the corporate headquarters, Regional Transmission Manager, Shiroro and Abuja Regions. Prior to his confirmation on 4th April, 2022, he was appointed as Acting Managing Director of TCN on the 19th May, 2020 overseeing the overall supervision of the transmission network operations and maintenance, system operations and market administration. As head of the biggest transmission network in West Africa he also emerged the chairman of West African Power Pool (WAPP) of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the 46th meeting of the organization which he has continued to chair till date. 
====Overcoming electricity infrastructure vandalism and other problems====
He has led the company in the advocacy and fight against vandalism and destruction of electricity transmission infrastructure. The destruction of electricity transmission lines, towers and other facilities contributes majorly in slowing down the attainment of electricity sufficiency. Under his leadership the company has implemented several projects that were targeted at addressing the country's present wheeling capacity, including increasing transmission capacity, digitalization of its substations and installation of new power transformers. 
===Sustainable growth in Nigeria===
Engr Abdulaziz has contributed in government policy design and implementation in the energy sector through the presidential power initiative (PPI) on Nigeria’s power network. The initiative which sought to ensure consolidation and optimization of both transmission and distribution infrastructure, as well as ease the processes at interfaces which improve the free flow of electricity from the generators to load centers. Based on this development, the Nigeria government and Siemens, representing the government of Germany, under the PPI developed the Nigeria Electrification Roadmap, which is structured in three phases. The first phase focuses on essential and quick-win measures to increase the system end-to-end operational capacity to 7 GW. Phase 2 targets the remaining network bottlenecks to enable full use of the existing generation and last-target distribution capacities, bringing the system’s operational capacity to 11 GW. Phase 3 is focused on developing the system up to 25 GW in the long term.
TCN stands to benefit from the PPI through some identified quick-win projects to address TCN/DisCo 132/33-kV interface bottlenecks. It is to be noted that TCN’s wheeling capacity is 8,100 MW today. Addressing the interface challenges will facilitate the free flow of electricity to enable attainment of capacity increases, not just for TCN but also for DisCos and GenCos distribution and generation companies.
==Awards==
Engr Abdulaziz was honored with the Best Environmental Leadership Award 2023 Environment Reporters Association of Nigeria (ERAN) in recognition of his leadership in ensuring TCN's adherence to environmental safety and management in a work place. 
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