The House of Representatives has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , to declare a state of emergency on the power sector.
A member, Nnolim Nnaji, had moved the motion titled ‘Urgent Need to Declare State of Emergency on the Power Sector’.
The House also mandated the Committee on Power to “urgently call for a public hearing on the current state of electricity generation, transmission and distribution; to evaluate the real problems and come up with ideas on how we can expand our energy sources beyond hydro and gas plants to include coal, solar and other renewable sources of energy”.
Moving the motion, Nnaji said, “The House is aware that currently, there is an ongoing failure of the sector to provide adequate electricity supply to domestic households and industrial producers despite being a rapidly growing economy.
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