By Alex C
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state, Nigeria’s commercial capital, has revealed plans to power the Lekki Free Zone with nuclear energy as an alternative for manufacturing and other businesses in the area. This development which is in line with the State’s policies that focuses on Power, Agriculture, Transportation and Housing (PATH) comes as the importance of power supply to businesses all across the country cannot be emphasised.
According to governor Fashola “We spent over two hours at the Executive Council meeting deliberating on Nuclear Energy for the State and how it could be deployed into use. That shows you how we intend to address issues of power in the State. We sat down with one of the foremost practitioners who is a Nigerian and he took us through all the protocols that is needed.”
He continued: “In less than three years we can establish it, especially when we need not do distribution, but places like the Lekki Free Zone can have the Nuclear Power between 15 and 24 months. No option is off the table as we move forward in our strive to solve the power challenge for the State.”
Lagos continues to rank high on the list of highly productive cities in Africa. McKinsey report reveals that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Lagos alone can be compared to that of Angola little wonder the governor sees his government as a sub‐national government, and takes the issue of powering the state very seriously.