Nigeria’s youngest lawmaker, 27, Rukayat’s Energy Bill passes first reading in Kwara Assembly

By Demola Akinyemi, IlorinIn a landmark step toward energy reform, the Kwara State House of Assembly has taken the first reading of the Kwara State Electric Power Sector Bill, 2025, sponsored by Nigeria’s youngest lawmaker, Hon. Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu.The bill, which passed its first reading during Tuesday’s plenary, seeks to repeal the Electricity Board Laws of 1992 and 2006 and establish a progressive legal framework for electricity generation and distribution in Kwara State.Hon