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Tinubu (sitting)Minister of Power· 21 August 2023 — sitting

Mr. Adebayo Adelabu

Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (2014–2018).

The record

Adebayo Adelabu was Deputy Governor (Operations) of the Central Bank from 2014 to 2018. As Power Minister, he has presided over the controversial April 2024 Band A tariff hike — a roughly 230 percent increase for premium-feeder customers — and the consequential MDA electricity bills crisis.

Sources

  • Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission — April 2024 MYTO order
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.