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Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad (born October 20, 1983) is a Nigerian Engineer and renewable energy advocate. He is the current Managing Director of Nigerian Rural Electrification Agency.

Early life and family
Ahmad Salihijo was born on October 20, 1983 to the family of Late Mr. Ahmad Salihijo from Adamawa State, a foremost consultant to Petroleum Development Fund(PTF). He is the first son of Mr. and Mrs Salihijo.

Educational Background
He attended attended Essence International School, Nigeria and British Secondary School of Lome, Togo and later got admission to study Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University of Leeds, Leeds, UK and graduated in 2006. He furthered his education to Masters on Project Planning and Management from CADD Abuja and Masters in Development Studies at Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Nigeria in 2008 and 2018 respectively.

Career
Between 2009 and 2012, Ahmad, a renewable energy advocate, worked with Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Concession (ICRC) and Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Program (SURE-P), respectively. At SURE-P, he led the development of a project that empowered over 50, 000 Nigerian youth.

He served as the technical adviser to the Nigerian Ministry of Environment, and was the coordinator of Nigerian Green Board Program during which he coordinated for the issuance of Africa's first Sovereign Green Bonds valued for over 10 billion NGN.

He is the Executive Director Operations at eN Consulting and Projects Limited; and in December, 2019, the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari appointed him to head Rural Electrification Agency. His appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of Rural Electrification Agency (REA) came after the then REA boss, Mrs Damilola Ogunbiyi was suspended following an irregularity in the operation of the agency.

He has served as the Chairman, Nigerian Economic Summit Group