DisCos: Meet CEOs of Nigeria’s 12 electrical energy distribution firms

Nigerian Electrical energy distribution firms, generally referred to as DisCos, are the ultimate hyperlink between energy technology and the Nigerian client.

These corporations maintain the accountability for metering, billing, infrastructure upkeep, and responding to outages.

For many Nigerians, electrical energy reliability is greater than a comfort; it determines whether or not companies thrive or shut down.

The effectivity of every DisCo straight impacts productiveness, price of dwelling, and even safety.

Based on the Nigerian Electrical energy Regulatory Fee (NERC), Nigeria has a complete of 13,339,635 registered electrical energy clients throughout the twelve (12) DisCos, out of which 7,182,909 are but to be metered. This represents 53.85% of electrical energy clients throughout the nation.

Because the privatization of electrical energy distribution firms in 2013, the 11 licensed DisCos, with yet another added lately to make a complete of 12 in Nigeria, have been tasked with enhancing energy provide and increasing entry to pay as you go meters. Nonetheless, efficiency has diverse broadly, with just a few gamers accounting for the most important share of linked clients throughout the nation.

This text examines the chief executives main Nigeria’s prime ten electrical energy distribution firms (DisCos) by registered customer numbers as of the primary quarter of 2025. The executives are answerable for retaining the lights on for hundreds of thousands of houses and companies throughout the nation.

Listed below are the CEO’s of the 12 DisCos ranked by registered customer numbers

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12. Barr. Ugochukwu Opiegbe, MD/CEO, Aba Energy – 210,911 Prospects

12. Barr. Ugochukwu Opiegbe, MD/CEO, Aba Energy – 210,911 Prospects
11. Rekhiat Momoh, Performing MD/CEO, EKEDC – 752,974 Prospects
10. Abdulrahman Ahmad Isa, MD YEDC – 824,693 Prospects
9. Abdu Mohammed, MD JED Plc – 857,562 Prospects
8. Abubakar Jimeta, MD, KEDCO – 887,554 Prospects
7. Dr. Umar Hashidu, MD, Kaduna Electrical– 889,146 Prospects
6. Mr. Ete Pinnick, MD PHED – 1.17 million Prospects
5. Engr. Chijioke Okwuokenye, MD AEDC – 1.29 million Prospects
4. Mrs. Folake Soetan, MD Ikeja Electrical – 1.34 million Prospects
3. Mr. Praveen Chorghade, MD EEDC – 1.39 million Prospects
2. Engr. Jonathan Lawani, MD BEDC – 1.47 million
1. Engr. Francis Agoha, MD IBEDC- 2.69 million

Barr. Ugo Opiegbe is the Managing Director of APL Electrical Firm Restricted (Aba Energy), Nigeria’s twelfth electrical energy distribution firm serving town of Aba and 9 out of the seventeen native authorities areas in Abia State.

Aba Energy at present has 210,911 registered clients in Q1 2025 underneath its franchise, which was absolutely built-in into the nationwide grid in 2024 following 2024 after the launch of the Geometric Energy challenge. There aren’t any reported billings or collections for the interval.

He was appointed in March 2024 and is in command of operating the corporate and making main selections to assist Aba Energy develop. Mr. Opiegbe studied Regulation on the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and in addition has a Grasp’s Diploma in Tax Regulation from Loyola Regulation School in Los Angeles, USA. He’s a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of Nigeria.

He has additionally labored as a lawyer in prime regulation corporations like Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie and Streamsowers & Co., and even in the US, the place he helped present free authorized companies to individuals who couldn’t afford legal professionals.

Earlier than changing into Managing Director, Mr. Opiegbe labored for a few years at Geometric Energy Restricted, the place he was the Govt Director of Authorized Providers. His job was to deal with all the corporate’s authorized issues, contracts, and agreements with different firms in Nigeria and overseas.

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