First woman to be appointed as MD of the Nigerian Rural Electrification Agency (REA). Youngest MD of a Lagos State Agency at the time and a Federal Agency.

Responsible for implementing the Off Grid Electrification Programme & successfully negotiating d Nigerian Electrification Project.

Developed the Energizing Economics Initiative & Energizing Education Programme, which provides sustainable & affordable off-grid power solutions

First woman to be appointed as the GM of the Lagos State Electricity Board, which is responsible for public lighting, independent power projects, and energy development serving millions of people across the State.

Initiated Solar home systems in Chibok, where girls are being trained to install the system.

Mentoring 180 girls across 9 universities in Nigeria.

Her goal - To additionally train 1000 women to understand specific roles they need to play on the local and global scale,

using a mastery of interpersonal, communication and intentional life skills.

Her words:
𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩...𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚.

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙖 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪.

𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙖 1000 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 200 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣.

𝘽𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙚 𝙙𝙤. 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩.

Her motivation - to keep impacting lives through passion.

In October 2019, after serving in the Presidency as the MD of REA, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) by the @unitednations
When I met her for an interview in December,

I don't think I've ever heard anyone speak with such clarity of purpose, so stark it stings...
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Ladies and gentlemen, @DamilolaSDG7 , the 8th feature in our #WomenInPresidency series to celebrate #IWD2020 . Guys, she is a walking aphorism for ENERGY in all forms!

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On this series, I've been collaborating with @sayoaluko_, who has a phenomenal way with words.
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#WIPseries #TolaniAlli