Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo
By Chineme Okafor
The federal government has disclosed its plan to review provisions in Nigeria’s eight year-old Electric Power Sector Reform (EPSR) Act to fully reflect existing challenges and changes in the country’s power sector reforms route.
This is just as the Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo has said the government was working hard to ensure that the power sector did not cave-in to existing challenges ranging from paucity of funds to repair and sustain the country’s transmission network.
Minister of State for Power, Hajia Zainab Kuchi, Thursday in Abuja hinted of the review of the law when she subtly galvanised the support of the National Assembly towards the scheduled review process which she also said had earnestly begun.
Both ministers spoke at an oversight visit to the ministry by the Senate Committee on Power and Steel led by its Chairman, Senator Philip Aduda.
Kuchi said: “The EPRS Act came into effect in 2005 and this Act sincerely needs to be reviewed; we have a golden opportunity to do that now because in the last Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, we were given the opportunity to come up with what we think should change in the EPRS Act.
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