{"id":125352,"date":"2026-02-02T08:31:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T07:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=125352"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:31:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T07:31:33","slug":"tinubu-signs-electricity-amendment-bill-hands-power-control-to-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/tinubu-signs-electricity-amendment-bill-hands-power-control-to-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Signs Electricity Amendment Bill, Hands Power Control to States"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Bola Tinubu has signed the Electricity Act (Amendment) Bill 2025 into law, formally removing electricity from the Exclusive Legislative List and transferring key powers over electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and regulation to state governments.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new law fundamentally restructures the country\u2019s power sector by decentralising control that was previously held by the federal government. Under the amended Act, states are now empowered to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity within their territories, establish state electricity markets and regulators, and license private investors to operate power plants and mini-grids without federal approval.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The policy shift is expected to boost competition, attract private investment, and accelerate electrification particularly in rural, peri-urban, and underserved urban communities that have long suffered unreliable power supply.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis law marks a new era in Nigeria\u2019s energy sector,\u201d President Tinubu said while assenting to the bill. \u201cStates now have the constitutional authority to provide stable and efficient electricity to their residents, fostering industrialisation and job creation.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The reform is expected to improve power supply and support faster industrial growth, especially in states willing to move quickly beyond politics to implement viable electricity markets and infrastructure. 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