The House of Representatives Committee on Renewable Energy has issued a final summons to the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Abba Abubakar Aliyu, and the Head of the Nigeria Electrification Programme (NEP), Olufemi Akinyelure, following their failure to honour repeated invitations to appear before the panel.
The committee is investigating the management of grants, loans, and investments in Nigeria’s renewable energy sector from 2015 to 2024. The probe focuses on fund disbursement, execution of projects, and compliance with statutory and financial guidelines.
At a resumed hearing in Abuja on Tuesday, the committee chairman, Afam Victor Ogene, condemned what he described as persistent disregard for legislative oversight by the agency’s leadership.
He warned that the two officials must appear before the panel on Thursday, March 5, 2026, at 2 p.m., or risk enforcement measures, saying the House would not hesitate to invoke its constitutional powers to compel attendance if the final invitation is ignored.
Ogene stated that the National Assembly has clear authority to demand accountability from agencies handling public and donor funds, especially in a sector critical to rural electrification and national development.
The lawmaker said the investigation is aimed at ensuring transparency and protecting public resources, stressing that renewable energy projects play a pivotal role in expanding electricity access to underserved communities.
However, the probe has exposed a brewing jurisdictional disagreement within the House over oversight responsibility for the REA.
In a letter dated February 27, 2026, the Chairman of the House Committee on National Rural Electrification Agency, Muhammad Ibrahim Bukar, insisted that his committee retain exclusive oversight of the agency’s financial and operational activities.
Bukar argued that while the Renewable Energy Committee may handle broader sectoral policy matters, specific issues relating to the REA’s grants, loans, project implementation and institutional performance fall squarely within his panel’s mandate.
He directed the agency to route all legislative correspondence and documentation requests through his committee and cautioned against responding to parallel enquiries, warning that overlapping investigations could undermine institutional order within the House.
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