Sanda Tinuade: Enviable Height of a Brilliant Amazon 

Like the phrase, courage is the most important of all virtues, without it you can’t practise any virtue. You definitely cannot do anything consistently without courage.

This aptly explains the reason why this enterprising and very formidable amazon, Dr. Tinuade Sanda, the MD/CEO of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), stands tall.

Since the upwardly mobile Tinuade took over the topmost position at EKEDC, she has been breaking grounds with innovations and re-invention in the organisation, just as she is not relenting in her unwavering effort to take EKEDC to an enviable height. She symbolises purposeful, passionate and peerless leadership. Her one-year record in the saddle as MD/CEO has been nothing short of phenomenal.

Dr. Tinuade Sanda’s passion has not only been limited to pure corporate performance and service delivery but, it has also been significantly displayed in social impact. As a firm believer in structured social intervention, she has always advocated for corporate organisations to prioritise the communities in which they operate, making sure their policies and activities do not exist at the communities’ expense, but work to elevate them instead.

As a female professional who has built a long and established career in corporate finance and administration, many were eager to see what the reputed change-maker would do at the helm of a big energy company in a very challenging industry. It is undoubtedly a huge responsibility, a big job. On the evidence of her one-year record, it is now abundantly clear that she has provided an adequate response to all curious minds.

 In just some months under her leadership, EKEDC recorded its highest levels of power distribution to its customers, its highest collection ever, and its lowest ever ATC&C losses. EKEDC also recorded a substantial reduction in work-related accidents and a marked increase in staff retention. It distributed over 46,000 meters to its customers through its Mobile MAP Initiative, while also taking delivery of 150 brand new transformers meant for communities with shortages.

All these are part of her innovation-based integrated reform plan.