TUNDE BOLAJI -MINNA.

Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has signed into law the Electricity bill, to be cited as “The Niger State Power Sector Law 2024”.

The bill, which was signed into law at the Council chamber of the Government House, Minna, commenced operation on the 19th of December 2024.

The law is to provide for the establishment of “Niger State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Niger State Electricity Company, Niger State Electricity Agency, and other purposes connected therewith.”

The Law covers electricity dealings within the State of any person with or in relation to electricity generation, transmission, trading, electric power exchange dealings, distribution, retail supply system Operation.

Others are the State electricity market electrification of rural underserved, and unserved communities and related aspects of the intra-state electricity business.