You can fix electricity without the Federal Government, Shettima tells 36 governors

Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima urged the 36 state governors to stop waiting for the Federal Government to solve their electricity problems. Speaking Wednesday at a workshop on the Electricity Act 2023 in Abuja, through Deputy Chief of Staff Senator Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, he said the law allows states to generate and distribute electricity and regulate their own intrastate markets. He cited solar potential in Sokoto, Borno and Katsina, gas resources in Delta, Rivers and Bayelsa, and hydroelectric opportunities in Niger and Kebbi. Shettima urged states to invest in these resources and promptly establish their own electricity regulators.