Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has said that the state is ready to achieve 24-Hour power supply in Lagos state because it will boost businesses and raise the state’s gross domestic product.
He urged individuals, private homes and corporate organizations to provide electricity to any street of their choice and the state will make it up to them in the payment of their land use charge.
Ambode said this while inaugurating the Power Committee, which is to transform the government’s dream into reality.
He said “Lagos State accounts for over 60 per cent of the industrial and commercial activities in Nigeria. The energy requirement of the state is estimated at about 5,000 megawatts of which only about 1,000 megawatts is currently being supplied; hence the need to inaugurate a committee that will advise on how to ensure that the power need of the people is met.”
Members of the committee include Deputy Governor, Mrs. Oluranti Adebule; Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr. Wale Oluwo; Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem; and Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde.
Other members of the committee are the representatives of the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Transmission Company of Nigeria, Gaslink Nigeria Limited, Falcon Corporation Limited and Egbin Power Plc.