Lagos Electricity Bill: Lagos Lawmakers, Stakeholders meet to plan electricity market
The proposed law, according to the Speaker, who was represented by Deputy Speaker Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, "seeks to take care of everything in the electricity sector majorly by contributing to the sustainable development of the State."
This statement was obtained by The Record from Eromosele Ebhomele, Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Wednesday said the Electricity Bill currently before the House is the confirmation of the state government's zeal to ensure regular and uninterrupted power supply to residents.
This was as the House held a stakeholders' meeting on the bill which if passed into law, will allow the state government to licence, generate, transmit, and distribute electricity to unserved and underserved areas of the state.
The proposed law, according to the Speaker, who was represented by Deputy Speaker Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, "seeks to take care of everything in the electricity sector majorly by contributing to the sustainable development of the State."
The Speaker added that the bill establishes a mechanism for electricity planning that promotes off-grid solutions for households and micro, smal…
