Senate President Godswill Akpabio has declared that lawmakers are in the Senate not to enrich themselves, but to make sacrifices for the benefit of future generations. Akpabio made this remark on the Senate floor during the debate on the general principles of a Bill seeking to amend the Electricity Act, 2023. The proposed amendment aims to tackle emerging challenges in Nigeria’s power sector, improve policy and regulatory coordination, boost sectoral financing, protect vital electricity infrastructure, enhance industrial relations, clarify transitional provisions, and redefine host community engagement by licensees operating within the Nigerian electricity supply industry, among other related matters (2025, SB. 862). The bill was sponsored by the Chairman of Senate Committee on Power, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (APGA, Abia South). In his remarks, Akpabio noted that without electricity, there will be no way for industrial growth in the country. He said that everyone is looking forward to a total overhaul of the electricity sector. “People think we are here in the Senate to make money, not knowing that we are here to sacrifice for future generations,” he added at plenary on Tuesday. When amended, passed and signed into law, it would help clarify ongoing transitional provisions for the transfer of intrastate electricity matters from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to state governments, especially matters having bearing on the operation of the national grid system and other overlapping issues.