Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has revealed that plans to generate constant
electricity, for residents of Lagos state in 2018 are at advanced stages.

He said that the Lagos state government had already forged plans to short-circuit power
generation, transmission and distribution to ensure there was “24/7 power supply to residents.”

The Governor who spoke by a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Habib Haruna, on Sunday at a recent interactive session with members of the business community and informal sector, Said

“Presently, we have less than 1,000MW in Lagos and the fundamental issues remain with generation, transmission and distribution. Transmission is still owned primarily by the Federal Government. But in Lagos State, we have become creative and we have done Independent Power Project through
which we were able to generate 47.5MW which was distributed short-circuiting transmission.



“So, if it works, does it look like a template we can now use to get power freedom or what we call power security?
If we say we are the fifth largest economy in Africa and we are not in control of how power is generated in an economy that wants to move from fifth to third, then something is wrong.

“So, what we are saying is, let’s find a way to short-circuit them within the ambit of the law,” the governor
was quoted as saying.

Ambode mentioned that the state government was also negotiating with electricity distribution companies operating in
the state to supply 24/7 power to residents at a higher tariff, subject to agreement of all stakeholders, while government would be the surety of the people.

There you have it folks, seems lagos state will be shouting lots of "up- nepa" come 2018.

Source: http://www.nouhub.com/2017/11/constant-power-supply-in-lagos-2018.html