The 36 States Governors and Minister of Power, Engr Abubakar Aliyu picked holes the Draft Electricity Bill 2022 being worked upon by the Senate .
While the Governors through a statement signed by their Chairman, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, said the proposed legislation was unconstitutional in view of the federal status of Nigeria , the Minister expressed his own reservations on the bill at a Public Hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Powers .
The Governors in their objection to the bill said It would be unconstitutional and an unjustifiable act of overreach for the Senate to consider and pass a Bill that continues to treat the Federation as one single electricity jurisdiction or sector.
Though the Minister supported the bill but observed that some of its provisions are watering down the powers of Power Minister as coordinator and overall supervisory authority over the sector .
Earlier in their separate speeches , the President of the Senate , Ahmad Lawan and Chairman of the Committee, Senator Gabriel Suswam , said since the power sector reform Act 2005 is no longer sufficient for post privatization exigencies , a comprehensive legal instrument as envisioned with Electricity Bill 2022, is needs necessary
