Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has said the 10.4 Mega Watts Alausa Independent Power Project, (IPP) that will provide power for the entire Alausa Secretariat would be ready for commissioning by October, this year.

Fashola stated this yesterday at the opening of the Lagos State Science and Technology, (LASTECH), Week, themed, ‘Promoting the Development of Science and Technology through Entrepreneurship Education,’ held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa, Secretariat.

Fashola, who was represented by the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat explained that “the different between developed countries and developing ones is science and technology and the rule of law.
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“In order to close this gap and achieve the development that we crave for, the state government embarked on the construction of Independent Power Projects, (IPP), to power the public infrastructure in the state. This was because the cost of providing power supply for public infrastructure through generating set is high.

“Among the IPP already constructed by the state, is the Akute Power Project to provide power supply for the Akute Water Works and others. But it hasn’t stopped there. You can notice that in front of the state House of Assembly, we have dug that area to lay some cables. What we are trying to do is that by October this year, God willing, the whole of Alausa, will be off Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).

“We are building our own source of power supply. What that gives us is the ability to determine our life’s and serve the residents of the state better.”

“We know that power supply is the bases for development and that was why we started with the Power Projects. By the time we complete the power projects, it will aid the state’s broadband,” he added.

Fashola also said the state government is almost completing the design of a broadband infrastructure for Lagos state, saying, the state is already working with two companies on the project.

He said the essence of the broadband is to reduce the cost of broadband and to allow everyone to have easy internet, adding that every school in Lagos, hospitals, every infrastructure in the state will have effective access to internet.

“The broadband is already on, but what is available in the country right now was provided by overseas companies. We need to get it to peoples’ homes and offices. The penetration in the country is still below-20 per cent. With the policy being introduced by the state government and with the infrastructure the state government is currently providing, there will be 100 per cent penetration and this will aid the knowledge based economy we are aiming at.[/b]
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ilugunboy: ^^^^ yes, for only your street in aba.

Oponu!

seanet01: ^^^
Eko Ile, this is a lie, i still pass through Alausa last week and there was nothing like this on ground.
Why do you ACN people like boasting about small feasible or commissioned projects when PDP has many gigantic but White Elephant projects to boast of?
This is photoshop
i can not believe this.