01/10/2022
I am so excited and glad to announce the appointment of Dr. Anthony Akah, mni, as the Chairman, Board of Directors, SysVIEW Mega Projects Ltd.
Dr. Anthony Akah, mni, will lead Board of distinguished members of SysVIEW Mega Projects in guiding the organization on its sacred quest of making energy quite accessible to businesses and homes in Nigeria, and in building the required synergy to bring this vision to fulfillment.
Dr. Tony Akah, mni, is the Principal Consultant, Technical Options West Africa Limited, an Energy and Infrastructure Development Consulting Firm. He was a pioneer staff of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, where he retired on February 22, 2021 as the General Manager, Policy, Research and Strategy. Prior to that, he Acted as the Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer of the Commission (NERC) from December 22, 2015 to February 07, 2017 and the Head/General Manager (Director), Government and Consumer Affairs at the Commission (NERC), from June 2007 to December 22, 2015. He is a Certified National Accountant of Nigeria, Certified International Regulation Specialist and also a Public Private Partnership Specialist from the joint programme of the Loughborough University, UK Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC), and the Institute For PublicPrivate Partnership (iP3), Virginia, USA. He is also an alumnus of Harvard University (JFK School of Government), USA, Strategic Management of Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies Course, 2008. A graduate of Accountancy with a second major in Banking and Finance in 1989/1990 and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with specialization in Financial Management in 1992, from De La Salle University, Philippines. Dr. Akah also holds a Doctorate Degree in Management (Ph.D.), graduating with Distinction in 1996 from Adamson University, Philippines. He is a member of the National Institute (mni), Kuru, Senior Executive Course (SEC) 37, 2015. His research project while at NIPSS, Kuru was ‘The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and Power Distribution in Nigeria; Challenges and Prospects’.
Dr. Akah, mni was a member of the Governing Council, Presidium, Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA) 2016 t0 2018. The first African elected on the 7-man Board of this highly acclaimed international Association. He is also a member of the Presidential Inter-Ministerial Committee on Power.
A member of many professional bodies, including, Founding Member, Academy of Regulatory Professionals, Public Utility Research Center (PURC), University of Florida, USA; Vice President, Nigerian Association For Energy Economics; International Association For Energy Economics; Nigerian Institute of Management; World Energy Council, Association of National Accountants of Nigeria and also a Member of the Customers and Retail Market’s Working Group of the Energy Regulators Regional Association (ERRA).
