Osun aleady has an Energy / Electricity Law and Plans, Says AMBO Behind News on State Governance

OSOGBO – 17/06/2026- osunstate.gov.ng

Governor Ademola Adeleke has knocked the APC governorship candidate for being behind news on governance development in Osun state, educating Mr Bola Oyebamiji that Osun state already has an energy law under implementation in response to the devolution of electricity matters.

Reacting to a statement from the AMBO group that the candidate is to unveil “Osun Strategic Energy Agenda”, Governor Adeleke in the statement from his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed said stakeholders across Osun state used 2024 and 2025 to brainstorm on an energy law which has since been assented to by the governor.

From mid-2024 and throughout 2025, a state energy bill was subjected to various consultations stages, leading to a validation workshop before it was submitted to the State House of Assembly as an executive bill.

The Assembly while also processing the bill held its normal public hearings during which stakeholders from across the sectors contributed before the lawmakers passed the bill into law.

The bill passed into law was again reviewed by the Executive arm of government before Mr Governor signed it into law for ongoing implementation. The signing ceremony was widely publicised by the media.

The bill provides for a holistic policy and legal framework for the development of the power sector and it covers the creation of the electricity market system, introduction of alternative energy sources and the creation of a state electricity regulatory agency.

The agency regulates the granting of licences for power generation by members of the organised private sector and also manages relationship between the generating companies on the one hand and the relationship between power consumers and distribution company, the Ibadan DisCo.

The accusation by the APC candidate that Osun remains the only state in the South West without an electricity law and agenda is a lie from the pit of hell. Osun has a law that meets all standards and potential to harness the economic potential of the state.

We also question the knowledge level of the APC candidate because the statement on the energy sector missed the need for a solid legal and policy framework for the devolution of the energy sector to materialise. The policy and legal foundations have been laid by the current administration with the implementation process now ongoing.

Rather than dishing out policy ideas based on ignorance, we call on the APC candidate to study the great advances of Governor Adeleke from the energy, to digital economy to climate change economy sectors to shape whatever fake promises he intends to push out.

“Osun already has a robust electricity energy agenda whose implementation is already ongoing. Our state does not need fake packages designed to facilitate the addicts of the Osun APC for capital flights”, the state Governor was quoted as saying.

Signed:
Mallam Olawale Rasheed,
Spokesperson to the State Governor.