The Senate has mandated its committee on power to investigate the activities of power generating and distribution companies with a view to unraveling the cause of unsteady power supply in Nigeria.
The investigating committee has four weeks to submit its report to the Senate for consideration.
The decision by the upper chamber to probe power generation, transmission and distribution in the country was reached sequel to a motion considered during plenary on Tuesday.
Sponsor of the motion, Senator Chukwuka Utazi (PDP, Enugu North) said Nigeria, with a population of 200 million and an annual growth rate of 2.6 percent per annum, is the seventh most populous nation on earth.
According to Utazi, the power generating or installed capacity of Nigeria in relation to its population and Gross Domestic Product cannot place the country to compete favourably in terms of development with other nations.
He, therefore, called on the federal government to find solutions to the power deficits faced by the country.
