By Seven companies were paid for zonal power interventions in the tenure of Abba Abubakar Aliyu at the Rural Electrification Agency, and every one of the seven payments landed inside the same narrow band. The lowest was N387,926,070.45. The highest was N391,085,578.36. The spread between seven unrelated companies, working in different parts of the country, was 0.8 per cent, and the seven payments totalled N2,732,889,994.61.
Aliyu took office as Acting Managing Director on 7 March 2024. The first payment in the band was made that same day. On 7 March 2024, Primepiece Services Limited received N391,022,406.16 for an alternative energy intervention for load support and lighting in communities in Enugu State named in the record as Agougbara, Itchi, Unadu, Alo-Agu, Alo-Uno and Eburu. On 12 March 2024, JRB Constructions Company Limited received N390,764,419.57 for the enhancement of electricity and power supply in selected communities in Borno State. On 13 March 2024, Apee Global Logistics and Integrated Ltd received N387,926,070.45 for sustainable energy for households, covering solar home systems and streetlights for selected vulnerable communities.
Three payments inside the band were made in the first six days of the tenure.
The band held as the tenure went on. On 30 May 2024, Joephish Global Services Limited received N391,085,578.36, the highest payment in the band, for sustainable alternative power for lighting and load support in communities in Northern Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory. On 28 June 2024, Truetech Global Investment Services Limited received N391,051,206.46 for the same described purpose in communities in Southern Nigeria. On 19 May 2025, Blue Sea Investment Ltd received N390,783,534.33 for the supply of solar street lights in selected areas in the six geopolitical zones, on a record for the South East. On 22 August 2025, Ice Farm Integrated Services Ltd received N390,256,779.28 for the provision and installation of solar street lights in communities in Agberiodo.
One transformer payment sits just below the band. On 20 March 2025, Skyview Engineering Services Ltd received N380,549,502.05 for the procurement and installation of 300 and 500 KVA transformers, the largest transformer payment of the tenure. The company is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, RC 2000826, with an active status, and it was less than three years old when the payment was made.
The registry record of the seven band companies is split. Primepiece Services Limited is registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, RC 1714241, incorporated on 22 September 2020, with an active status. JRB Constructions Company Limited is registered as JRB Constructions Co. Limited, RC 1081316, incorporated on 28 November 2012, with an active status, and is a separate company from JRB Solar Investment Ltd. Ice Farm Integrated Services Ltd is registered, RC 1340064, incorporated on 5 June 2016, with an active status. Company filings examined by SecretsReporters show Joephish Global Services Limited, RC 1174240, incorporated on 27 February 2014, with Iwundu Philip and Iwundu Josephine as its directors, of Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, and Truetech Global Investment Services Limited, RC 1538167, incorporated on 2 November 2018, with an active status and with Hajarat Isa, Jelili Raufu Badamosi and Matthew Olusegun Olagunju as its directors.
Two of the seven fail the registry test. Apee Global Logistics and Integrated Ltd is registered, RC 1409997, incorporated on 28 April 2017, and the Commission lists its status as inactive. For Blue Sea Investment Ltd, the company paid N390,783,534.33 on 19 May 2025, SecretsReporters found no registry record under the name it was paid in. The nearest name on the registers is Blue Sea Investments Ltd, a differently named company registered in 1995. Section 16 of the Public Procurement Act 2007 makes registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission one of the conditions a company must meet to qualify for federal contracts. Of the seven companies paid inside the band, one was inactive on the register and one has no record under the name it was paid in, and between them the two collected N778,709,604.78 of the N2,732,889,994.61 the band paid out.
