President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr Rilwan Lanre Babalola as Special Adviser on Power and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Power Sector Reset and Restoration.

The appointment was announced in a press release on Thursday issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.

Babalola, a former Minister of Power, brings deep sectoral expertise and a proven understanding of the structural and operational challenges across the electricity value chain.

As part of the restructuring, the presidency also redesignated the Office of the Special Adviser (Energy) to Special Adviser (Oil & Gas), a move aimed at clarifying responsibilities and avoiding duplication of functions within the energy governance framework.

According to the statement: “The newly constituted task force will operate under a direct presidential mandate as a delivery-focused vehicle to restore discipline, efficiency, and commercial viability across the power sector.

“It is also expected to coordinate activities among key government ministries, departments, and agencies,” it stated.

In addition, the task force is mandated to drive a comprehensive system reset of the electricity sector and implement a “Performance Before Expansion” framework, reduce technical, commercial, and collection losses, and strengthen cost discipline and tariff integrity.

Additionally, the team is expected to enhance revenue assurance and sector liquidity, restore grid discipline and market integrity, promote productive use of power across key sectors, develop electricity growth zones, cut down fiscal burdens, and deliver a 90-day implementation plan.

The president expects Mr. Babalola to bring urgency, discipline, and a strong execution focus to this assignment, in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda, to deliver measurable improvements in power supply and sector performance.