Nasarawa Lawmakers Demand Explanation for Selective Electricity Distribution in Toto LGA

Nasarawa State House of Assembly has insisted that the Area Manager of PowerGen Interconnected Energy Limited must appear to explain the alleged selective distribution of electricity in Toto Local Government Area.

The House took the decision when it refused to entertain the representative of the Chief Executive Officer of the company at plenary today.

When the Nasarawa State House of Assembly issued a 14 day ultimatum to Abuja Electricity Distribution Company AEDC to restore stable Electricity Supply in the State, the House also directed the Area Manager of PowerGen Interconnected Energy Limited to appear and explain the alleged selective distribution of electricity in Toto Local Government when the Local Government is not connected to the National grid.

21st May 2024 being the date for the appearance, the representative of the company, John Ufeoshi who claimed to had installed electricity in Toto local government appeared for questioning but the house was not comfortable when he tagged himself as an “errand boy” for the company and pleaded to forward critical questions to his Boss in Kenya and US.

Consequently, the house asked him to take a bow and go, insisting that Area Manager of PowerGen Interconnected Energy Limited must appear to explain the alleged selective distribution of electricity in Toto Local Government when the local government is not connected to the National grid.

Meantime, the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission says there is no going back on the conduct of the Local Government election this year following the expiration of the tenure of Local Government Chairman in Nasarawa State on the 7th of October 2024.

Chairman of the Commission Ayuba Wadai Usman while appearing before the house committee on NASIEC and Multilateral Cooperation for 2014 budget assessment revealed that what is delaying the polls is a court case instituted against the conduct of the election, expressing hope that the june 6th ruling will favor the Commission.

In a seperate development, the house of assembly committee on Capital Market, Commerce and Industry has stepped down the budget assessment of the state ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment for a later date for presenting a vague documents and rather chose to hear from the consultants handling the construction of modern Markets in some local governments of the state.

In the course of the interaction, it was noted that the modern markets in Awe, Nasarawa, Toto and Wamba Local Government Areas awarded in 2022 to be completed within 4 months are still at different stages of completion due to non releases of funds where the chairman of the committee Ibrahim Abdullahi Sa’ad said they will be visiting sites to ascertain the level of work.

The committee also hosted the Nasarawa State Market Management Bureau for budget assessment where the status of markets in the State were assessed and recommendations were offered on how to develop market and strengthen the act of doing business in the state.