Rufai Oseni says state electricity law will fail — states lack funding, gas, grid to generate power

Arise News anchor Rufai Oseni has dismissed the new law allowing states to generate their own electricity, calling it impossible to implement. Speaking on Arise Television's Morning Show Monday, Oseni argued that while the law looks good on paper, most states lack the massive funding, gas supply, generation plants, transmission infrastructure, and distribution networks required.

He pointed out that even the Federal Government, after 40+ years in power, struggles to generate 4,000-5,000 megawatts for over 200 million Nigerians, with frequent grid collapses. Many states cannot pay workers' salaries and rely on FAAC allocations — where would they get billions to build power plants? Existing DisCos already fail to distribute what the FG generates, so decentralizing creates 36 new problems.

Oseni urged the FG to fix the national grid, gas supply to GenCos, and transmission instead of passing unworkable laws. "If we cannot give Nigerians 24-hour electricity from one centre, how do you break it into 36 centres?"

With states like Lagos, Rivers, and Kano already exploring independent power projects, will your state actually build generation capacity or is this another paper reform? The real test: watch which states secure gas contracts and financing in the next 12 months.

SOURCE: https://dailypost.ng/2026/11/02/it-will-never-work-rufai-oseni-blasts-state-electricity-law-2/