The Edo State House of Assembly has passed a bill to repeal the Rural Electricity Board Law of 1972 to re-enact a law that makes provision for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity for the residents of Edo State, paving the way for the establishment of an electricity market in the state.

The Assembly unanimously adopted all six parts of the bill during a session on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.

The Speaker, Hon. Marcus Onobun, directed the Assembly Clerk to forward clean copies of the bill for assent to Governor Godwin Obaseki.

The passed bill provides for the liberalisation of the electricity market in the state, allowing for a more pragmatic approach to rural electrification and expansion of distribution infrastructure in the state.

The passing of the bill spells better days for electricity consumers in the state, who will now benefit from proper regulation of the electricity sector in the state, which would allow operators a more predictable business environment.

In the new regime, electricity providers in the state with Generation License, the Independent Electricity Distribution Network License and Eligible Customer (willing buyer & seller) approval, from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, would reap the full benefit of a liberalised electricity market.

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Nice one from Edo state

Good one

How is this going to work with our lazy friends up North making laws to make sure you don't enjoy too much electricity. If it becomes successful they will bring people that will sabotage it.

Yeye Governor, useless Assembly. Edo wey no get light for ages. Only GRA for Benin dey see small light. No Roads, the worst infrastructure, highest rate of things in the Market.

Edo Government no dey try. No presence of Government at all.

slimfit1:
How is this going to work with our lazy friends up North making laws to make sure you don't enjoy too much electricity. If it becomes successful they will bring people that will sabotage it.

What is this one saying? The North enjoys better light than every Region in this Country. Edo people will never blame their Ugly and incompetent Governor, but they will always blame others. Na Northerners go come give you light, abi na them go come develop your State?

id2019:
Nice one from Edo state

What is nice about a bill the Governor will keep in his wordrobe, till it's covered with cobwebs and dust. What has the Governor done with all the bills the robber stamp State assembly have been passing over the years?

Bergavis:
Good one

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