Senate introduces bill banning importation of generators
- Senate has re-introduced a bill that seeks to ban the importation of generators into the country
- The bill, sponsored by Senator Bima Enagi, is one of the new six bills introduced during plenary on Wednesday
- Enagi said the bill will tackle environmental pollution and help develop the power sector
The Senate on Wednesday, March 11, introduced a bill seeking to ban the importation of generators into the country.
The bill was one of the six new bills introduced during the plenary presided over by Senate president Ahmad Lawan, Premium Times reports.
Legit.ng gathers that the bill, sponsored by Bima Enagi, the senator representing Niger South, similarly seeks ten-year punishment for dealers involved in generators importation.
In his argument, Enagi said the motivation behind the bill is linked with a need to curb environmental and air pollution.
Enagi further expressed optimism that the bill will help tackle the problems of the power sector.
“This bill seeks to ban the importation and use of generating sets (generators) in the country and to curb the menace of environmental pollution which leads to potential health hazards it poses to the whole nation,” part of the document read.
Meanwhile, generators for medical purpose, airports, railway stations, elevators, research institutions and facilities that require frequent power supply were exempted from the ban.
The bill also seeks to stop power generating set that function through fuels, diesel or kerosene.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that Dino Melaye, a former senator representing Kogi West, seems to be getting the commoners' treatment after he took to social media to lament what he hilariously termed "heavy bills."
Melaye served as a senator in the 8th Senate but his hope of upper chamber return was dashed following his defeat to Smart Adeyemi in the last rerun of the Kogi West senatorial election.
The 46-year-old senator, who recently acquired a mammoth mansion, has now lamented that his bills are getting stretched in what appears to be his usual hilarious taunt.
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