The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode said his
administration is working at attaining 24-hour electricity power supply through
generation of 3000megawatts in the next five years, reports NaijaAgroNet.
Speaking at Lagos House in Ikeja after receiving the report
of the Embedded Power Technical Committee constituted by the State Government
with representatives from the public and private sector, Governor Ambode noted
Wednesday that the quest by the country to achieve energy security could no
longer be left for the Federal Government to address alone.
He pointed out that while the Federal Government continues
in its efforts to resolve the power crisis, the sustainable solution going
forward would be the pulling of commitment and resources of all stakeholders in
the power value chain.
He explained the rationale behind the embedded power
initiative of the State Government, saying that the major bane of the power
situation in the country has always been with transmission, adding that the
initiative was designed to permanently resolve power crisis in the State and by
extension in the country.
“The reason why we embarked on this initiative is that we believe
strongly that if the power problem is solved in Lagos, it is technically solved
in the whole of the country and so because Lagos has more or less tested a
solution that works, we can scale this up and also address it on a national
scale,” he said.
Ambode also noted that the problem of power in Nigeria rest
with transmission and that is the truth.
“Yes, we have generating companies and we have distributing
companies and they say power is in the hands of the private sector but we know
technically that that is not totally true. We also know that transmission is
hundred per cent owned by government but we have tested here in Lagos and we
have been able to provide 48 kilowatts of power without transmitting it which
means that we generate and then distribute.
Further, Governor Ambode said the target of the State
Government is to generate up to 3,000MW of power through accelerated deployment
of various embedded power plants in strategic locations in the State within
three to five years.
“Out of the 3000MW, 350MW will be delivered by Q1 2018,
additional 850MW by Q4 2018, and the balance of 1,800MW not later Q3 2022,” he
said, while the State Government will support the Power Purchase Agreements
(PPAs) to be signed between the Distribution Companies and the embedded power
providers, to enhance bankability of the projects.
Isaac Oyimah/GEE
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