Reconnection of Power Supply to Shinkafi and Zurmi Federal Constituency of Zamfara State

Hon. Bello Hassan

The House of Representatives has urged the Ministry of Power to direct the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company responsible for Zamfara State to restore electricity in the Constituency.

House also mandated the Committee on Power to investigate the persistent absence of Power supply and liaise with the appropriate Ministries, Departments Agencies and Regulatory Authority to facilitate economic activities and improve the quality of livelihood of the people of the area.

This resolution came after the Hon. Hassan Shinkafi moved the motion on the need for the reconnection of power supply to Shinkafi and Zurmi Federal Constituency of Zamfara State by the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company and it was seconded by Hon. Wale Ahmed.

While leading debate on the motion, Hon. Hassan noted that the provision of roads, water, electricity and other social economic activities are fundamental responsibilities of any Government be it at the Local, State or Federal Level.

He stressed that their responsibilities include education, security and all physical infrastructure and facilities that must be available to all parts of the Federation to harness economic potentials and increase the prosperity of the people and that of the Nation.

Lawmaker aware that the Electricity Transmission and Distribution Companies are expected to provide infrastructural facilities as well as integrate all parts of Nigeria including Shinkafi/Zurmi Federal Constituency to the National Grid for an effective electricity supply network through functional sun-stations, transformers and other electrical appliances.

He observes that in the last seven years, the people of Shinkafi/Zurmi Federal Constituency have been off the National Electricity Grid and have not witnessed or experienced electricity supply, thereby living in perpetual darkness, discomfort and lack of means to ease economic productivity.

Also observes that the economic activities of the people and by extension their livelihood and prosperity have been continuously hampered in the last seven years whose eventual impact is progressively pushing them down the poverty ladder.

Worried that due to the high rate of insecurity in Zamfara State and Shinkafi/Zurmi Constituency specifically, the absence of electricity supply from the National Grid will continue to impact negatively on the social and economic lives of the people.

Concerned that the absence of electricity supply in the Constituency alienated them which made the people perceive that they have been neglected and marginalized by the Federal Government, thereby creating disillusion and restiveness among the people.  This negates the Principles of Governance as enshrined in Chapter II of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).

The motion was voted on, adopted and referred to the House Committee on Power.

END