The quest of the Lagos State Government to ensure stable electricity for the residents through Independent Power projects (IPP) has been advanced with the commissioning of a transformer manufacturing plant in the state.
This landmark achievement by the state government, would not only aid the supply of transformers to the state but to the entire nation and Africa, as it was the first of its kind to be established in West Africa.
The transformer manufacturing company, El Sewedy Electrical Nigerian Limited, which is a joint venture between the Lagos State Government and the EL Sewedy Group of Cairo, Egypt, is expected to complement the efforts of the state in becoming self reliant on electricity issues.
Already, the state has embarked on some Independent Power Projects, which are currently generating over 12 Mega Watts of electricity and it has not stopped at that.
According to him, the present administration has followed on that first by delivering another Independent Power Project that has delivered 12megawatts to Adiyan and Akute waterworks as at today.
The Governor informed that the administration has not stopped there but has put another IPP on stream which hopefully by the first quarter of 2011 would have delivered another 15 megawatts that would supply electricity to the whole of the Central Business District on the Lagos Island.
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