The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday, January 29, 2018, passed a bill to boost electricity supply in the state.
The bill seeks to “improve electricity supply, power generation, distribution and evacuation through an embedded power scheme in Lagos State and the enforcement of consumer rights, obligation and for connected purposes that would lead to constant supply of power.”
The electricity power supply bill, which has 78 sections, would provide for the development and management of sustainable power supply. It would also facilitate the development and management of electricity infrastructure and facilities within the state and promote the provision of effective power generation and evacuation infrastructure.
The bill would ensure collaboration with the federal and state energy and electric power-related agencies to promote and support investment in electric power projects within the state.It would also provide support in the collection of tariffs and revenue from embedded power end users and ensures the protection of electric power generation, evacuation infrastructure and prescribe appropriate sanctions.
Similarly, the lawmakers also passed another bill on land use charge to encourage development.
Once passed into law, it will empower the local governments across the State to levy and collect tenement rates for its area of jurisdiction.
Some of the property exempted from the law includes property owned and occupied by religious bodies and used exclusively as a place of worship or religious education. Others include public cemeteries, burial grounds and property used as a registered educational institution certified by the commissioner to be non-profit making.
The bills have been sent to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for approval.

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