Lagos Near Self Sufficiency In Power Generation

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde
Fashola, has said the state energy reform
initiatives are yielding positive result with
the state close to being self-sufficient in its
power needs.
To this end, he said some public
institutions were being moved out of the
national grid and connected to the power
being generated from the power plants
built by the state government.
Fashola, according to a report yesterday by
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), spoke
during his engagement with a spectrum of
residents and the Diaspora community on
the social media platform, Google Plus
Hangout.
The session was part of the build-up
activities to mark October as the Energy
Conservation Month, declared by the state
government to sensitise residents on the
importance of energy conservation and
efficient use of available power.
The governor who answered questions
from participants, said the objective of de-
connecting some public institutions from
the national grid and connecting them to
the state power infrastructure was to
ensure 24-hour uninterrupted power
supply so that they could be more efficient
in the delivery of services.
He said: “Working within what the Power
Sector Reform Act permits, we are gradually
entering self generation in Lagos State
through our independent power plants. As
you may be aware, we have an IPP at Akute
and the Island Power Plant. In a few days,
we shall be commissioning the Alausa
Power Plant. Once this is done, government
offices will be taken off the supply from the
national grid and the power which we no
longer need will be made available to
Lagosians.”
The Google Plus Hangout was hosted by
popular music rapper and Lagos State
Energy Ambassador, Mr. Jude Abaga (M.I).
He was joined by five ‘Power Kids’ from Iju
Senior Secondary School led by Master
Gideon Osadare and Dimeji Lawal-Are, a
500-level Computer Science student,
University of Lagos, leading four others
from some tertiary institutions in the state.
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