Gov Adeleke Commends Osun Assembly For Passing Electricity Bill, Lists Its Advantages

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has commended the state House of Assembly for passing the ‘Electricity bill’ into law noting that it is a major tool to deepen and boost the economy of the state.

Reacting to the passing of the executive bill into law by the State House of Assembly, the governor, in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Tuesday, noted that the bill will open windows of opportunities for investors in the power sector with a lot of off grid generation opportunities.

According to Governor Adeleke, it will also help to open up, diversify and regulate sources of power generation in order to address what he called chronic power supply crisis rocking the state.

‘The new law will ensure the right energy mix. Renewable energy will complement the traditional energy sources. Osun State is open to new energy sector investors’ the statement quoted the governor as saying.

Apart from tapping into various power generation sources in the state, the governor said the era of exploitation and oppression of Osun people by some officials of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company is over.

The new law according to the governor provides for the establishment of the State Electricity Regulatory Agency to regulate and monitor the electricity market as well as attend to service delivery issues by the distribution company.

He noted that the commission will be empowered to address complaints of electricity users and act on the activities of the distribution company, warning that the Disco should sit tight ahead of the eventual take off of the commission.

‘The regulatory commission will be addressing critical issues relating to customer – service providers complaints. It will grant licenses to power generators among others. The commission will not allow current maltreatment of electricity users in the state.

I will invite all the stakeholders to the bill signing ceremony. The business community in Osun State should heave a sigh of relief. The much needed policy framework for the state power sector has arrived’ he said.

The governor commended the House of Assembly, the state Ministry of Energy and all those who worked on the draft bill and participated in the consultation processes leading to the passing of the bill by the parliament-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079,  08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you