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Benue Govt Set To Enact Electricity Law

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The Benue State government said it is working on enacting an electricity law to regulate the state energy sector.

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Mr Omale Omale, commissioner for Transport, Renewable Energy, and Power, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Makurdi.

Omale said the bill was drafted at the Ministry of Justice for vetting and onward presentation to the state executive council.

The commissioner stated that the bill would be sent to the House of Assembly as an executive bill as soon as the executive council approved it.

“The law will address the energy needs in unserved and underserved communities in the state.

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“There are some communities that don’t have electricity infrastructure networks, which represent the unsafe group, while there are others with the infrastructure but don’t get regular electricity.

“As a ministry, we know the energy needs of all Benue people, and we are working on it,” he said.

Omale said the new Electricity Act allows states to join the energy market and generate, distribute, and regulate electricity within their states.

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Mrs Jennifer Tema, a 67-year-old restaurant owner, told NAN that the national grid’s regular collapses caused considerable damage to her business.

Tema said she had been recording losses of millions of Naira worth of perishable foods due to the recurring power outage.

“In recent times, we have witnessed a steady power supply, but this issue of the national grid has cost me a lot of damage.

“My generator cannot take more than two freezers at a time. I lost over N2 million in the recent power outage. This is affecting my business.

“I just hope that the state government will rise to the occasion and get alternative energy sources for us to mitigate these losses,” she said.

Another resident, Dennis Tyosula, who operates a computer centre and betting shop in Makurdi, said the lack of a steady power supply affected his businesses.

Tyosula said he was buying fuel between N1,200 and N1,350 per litre to power the generators at his two shops and, as a result, was not making any profit but incurring losses. He said he uses between 16 and 18 litres of fuel daily with no power supply.


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