Lagos State Government has disclosed that for the state to enjoy stable electricity, it must have up to 5,000 megawatts and nothing less.
The state’s Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Taofeek Tijani, made the disclosure on Tuesday at the 2014 Ministerial Press Briefing held in Ikeja, the state capital.
The commissioner, said the state had carried out a power audit through which it came about the figure. He further stated that currently, the state is being supplied with 1000 megawatts from the national grid resulting in the incessant power outage.
He revealed that the state was doing all it could to ensure that it has up 1000 megawatts.
“The total national generating capacity as of now is about 4000 megawatts, with the state getting just 1,000, so there is a huge deficit in the state,” Tijani explained.
To reduce the incessant power seizures, he said the state was building Independent Power Projects (IPP) and taking other strategic steps. He added that the IPP had been completed in some areas of the state like Alausa, Akute and Lagos Island, adding that the three IPPs had increased power supply by about 35 megawatts.
“The 10.4mw Alausa IPP had ensured that we decommissioned about 140 generators, the secretariat now enjoying uninterrupted power supply,” he continued.
“Also, the Island IPP is providing stable power supply to government’s institutions like Island Maternity Hospital and Massey Hospital.”
Conclusively, he said the 8.8mw project which is on-going in Ikeja and another 6mw project in Lekki would be completed soon to boost the total capacity to 47mw.
