The Managing Director of Eko Electricity Distribution, Engr Adeoye Fadeyibi, has been conferred with a fellowship award by the Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineer (NIMECH).

The conferment ceremony held on Wednesday, December 18 during the flag off ceremony of Forging Africa’s Future Mechanical Engineers (FAFME).

The fellowship was conferred to Fadeyibi and others for their contributions to the growth and development of the profession in the country along with their support for the institution.

NIMECHE is a division of Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) which earlier in the year conferred on Fadeyibi with a fellowship.

“This is an added feather to his impressive array of memberships in distinguished institutions which include: Fellow Institute of Credit Administrators (FICA); member Institute of Directors (IoD); member Council For Regulations of Engineers (COREN) and member American Society of Mechanical Engineer,” said Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate Communications, Eko DISCO.

Engr. Fadeyibi is the Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), a leading electricity distribution company in Nigeria. The company has recorded tremendous success and improvements under his stewardship with promises of more to come in future.

Idemudia further said: “Under Fadeyibi, customers come first and there’s been a marked improvement in our response time to faults, reductions in energy theft, the overall supply has improved.

“We have also embarked on serious investment in technology to improve our services to our customers which saw us procuring an underground fault locator and some mobile transformers all geared towards better service delivery to our customers.”

•PHOTO: L-R: Babatunde Lasaki, Funmi Safiriyu, Funto Amire, Engr. Adeoye Fadeyibi, MD/CEO, Godwin Idemudia, Wola Joseph.