The governor also urged individuals, private homes and corporate organisations to take up any street of their choice and light them up with connections to their meters and generators, saying the government would give concessions to them in the payment of their annual Land Use Charges.
The governor spoke on Thursday at the Lagos House, Ikeja, while inaugurating the Power Committee, which is to transform the government’s dream into reality, saying the power supply challenge must be overcome in order to achieve sustainable economic growth.
“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,” Ambode said.
