Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has asked the lawmakers to work with his Administration in its bid to make Oyo State the first to provide 24/7 electricity to its residents, saying, “I ask you (Oyo State House of Assembly) to work with us as we strive to be the first state in Nigeria to provide 24/7 electricity supply to our people.”
The governor, who stated this on Wednesday, shortly after the inauguration of the State Assembly held at the House of Assembly Chambers, stated that one of the benefits yielded by his trips to Abuja was the signing of the Electricity Bill into Law by President Bola Tinubu.
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While speaking on the floors of the House shortly after the Adebo Ogundoyin, member representing Ibarapa East State Constituency and immediate past Speaker of the House, was re-elected as Speaker and Muhammed Fadeyi re-elected as the Deputy Speaker, Governor Makinde said, “we have already started the process by presenting the Oyo State Electricity Regulatory Commission Bill before the 9th Assembly.
“When passed into law, we will allow partnership with the private sector on large scale energy provision.”
The governor, who also spoke of his Administration’s plan to improve on the environment, called on the legislators to cooperate with the Executive in its bid to sanitise the state to birth a world-class environment.
“We are proposing a new agency, the Oyo State Mobilisation Agency for Socioeconomic Development (OMASED). Through this agency, we will harness our sensitisation and enforcement effort for an orderly Oyo State on waste management, market sanitisation and urban development. We expect that when we come to you, you will deliberate on this timeously so that this instrument will be used effectively timely”, he said..
