Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has urged the Federal Government to remove gas from the Exclusive Legislative List to enable states to generate electricity.
He spoke during the Southeast Business Roundtable for the Light up Nigeria project.
It was held in Enugu by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC) for its partners.
Soludo believes unbundling gas from the Exclusive List would help solve the problem in the power sector.
The event was to launch an initiative to ensure dedicated power supply to industrial clusters across the country, with Southeast as a major hub.
The governor said: “Enough of the lamentations. Let’s move from lamentations to solutions now. That’s why we are here to come out with actionable solutions to solve the power problem in the Southeast and the country at large…
“Having electricity removed from the Exclusive Legislative List without gas doesn’t solve so many problems.
“The Federal Government still has a stranglehold on gas.
“So, the Federal Government should also unbundle gas from the exclusive legislative list like it did to electricity.”
