ayswags: i dont know where this jews get their bizzares assumptions like they own 80% of lagos,70% of abuja,they are 80% of all students in sw universities, are this people this deluded or what

BarryX: Still don't know how feasible the idea of IPP in tertiary institutions is going to pan out. It's a novel idea no doubt BUT I see "White-elephantiasis" written all over it. Don't see how he's going to complete it before 2014 though

naptu2:

It's not such a novel idea in Lagos.

It all started with the Enron/AES barge idea of the early 2000s. The problem with that idea was that the government had to sell the electricity to NEPA which was supposed to distribute a percentage of the electricity within Lagos. However, NEPA didn't keep to its side of the agreement. All these happened during the Tinubu Administration.

The Fashola Administration built the Island Power Plant with the hope that it would eventually be able to sell electricity directly to the consumer. The Federal Government didn't sell any of the distribution companies to Lagos State (by law the Federal Government is in charge of electricity distribution), so the government decided to limit distribution to government facilities. The Island Power plant currently provides 24hrs power to Lagos House Marina, General Hospital Marina, Island Maternity, Lagos High Court Igbosere, Magistrate Court Igbosere and it also powers street lights on the island.

Another IPP project is planned for the Shomolu area. Somolu is the printing centre of Lagos. Many printing companies are located there. The government hopes to take these companies off the national grid and onto the Shomolu IPP (using the experience gained from the Lagos IPP which has been up and running for about 2 years now).