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THE Lagos State government has disclosed its plan to improve power supply up to 20 hours daily in many communities by exploring opportunities in the new Electricity Act 2023.
The government said the plan would further stimulate investments and boost the standard of living, among others.
President Bola Tinubu had recently signed the Electricity bill into law, marking a significant update to Nigeria’s 2005 Electricity and Power Sector Reform Act.
The National Assembly passed the bill in July 2022 during former president Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
The new legislation aims to stimulate private sector investments in the country’s power sector and break the monopoly in electricity generation, transmission, and distribution at the national level.
The Permanent Secretary, Lagos state Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Sholabomi Shasore, who disclosed the government’s electricity plan on June 10 at an organised stakeholders’ engagement in Alimosho Local Government Area, explained it was part of continued efforts to ensure adequate power supply to Lagos residents through various interventions.
Shasore said the meeting was organised in line with the inclusive policy of the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, whom he said believed that the contribution of every resident in the state would be essential to achieve the ‘Greater Lagos’ vision.
According to her, the Light Up Lagos Community Electrification Programme is an initiative of the present administration aimed at unlocking electricity distribution, transmission and metering infrastructure to deliver reliable power supply to high-impact, high-population, low-income communities in Lagos.
Shasore disclosed that the pilot implementation of the Power Infrastructure upgrade at target communities was nearing completion at Alimosho, Orelope, Okunola, Agege, Oko-Oba and Abattoir, as well as in Ajah, Eleko, Magbon and Ibeju Lekki…
