{"id":4268,"date":"2013-05-26T23:32:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T23:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/lagos-secretariat-to-enjoy-24-hour-electricity\/"},"modified":"2013-05-26T23:32:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T23:32:00","slug":"lagos-secretariat-to-enjoy-24-hour-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/lagos-secretariat-to-enjoy-24-hour-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Secretariat to enjoy 24-hour electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Lagos State Government Secretariat, Alausa, and some agencies will enjoy 24 hours uninterrupted power supply from August.<\/p>\n

The Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Taofiq Tijani, announced this at the weekend.<\/p>\n

He said the 10.4MW Alausa Independent Power Plant (IPP) would be ready in three months.<\/p>\n

Tijani said the IPP would end the use of power generating sets in the secretariat and its environs, adding that it would run on natural gas.<\/p>\n

The inauguration of the power plant would be the third.<\/p>\n

The government earlier inaugurated the 12.15MW Akute power plant and 10MW Island power plant, which serve the State Water Corporation, Lagos Island street lights, courts and hospitals.<\/p>\n

The commissioner said the Lagos Island power project would be expanded to cater for more government facilities.<\/p>\n

He decried the increase of tank farms in Apapa without requisite permit, saying they pose security risk to residents.<\/p>\n

Tijani said the governor has set up a committee to look into the issue, adding that the government would soon clamp down on the owners of the illegal farms.<\/p>\n

He said the government has taken measures to avert a repeat of the gas explosion that rocked MRS Tank Farm in Apapa early this year.<\/p>\n

The commissioner said the committee was looking at relocating some of the farms.<\/p>\n

He said the ministry would scrutinise the documents of the operators, such as approval to construct from the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development; police authorisation; Federal\/State Fire Service permit; Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) license; Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report and perimeter survey.<\/p>\n

Tijani said plans have been concluded to establish a Geodynamics Centre to detect possible occurrence of natural disasters, such as earth tremors, earthquakes, ocean surges and flooding, among others.<\/p>\n

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