Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged stakeholders in the energy sector to focus more on the sustainability and generation of 24 hours uninterrupted power supply for economic development.
The governor said this at the maiden edition of the Lagos Energy Summit, Tuesday.
He stressed the need for collaboration to ensure clean energy to drive the growth of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises.
“As professionals, as sector leaders, we need to roll up our sleeves and be committed to it, we have to do it to also understand what role we need to play.
“We need to build industrial growth. We need to enable all of our small businesses thrive. So, the amount of time and energy they have inputted to drive growth and investment in our GDP,” he said.
Sanwo-Olu said it is necessary to set the ball rolling to build a better society for the younger generation.
In his opening remarks, the Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr Biodun Ogunleye noted that quality research and analysis would be done to assess the needs of residents and deliver energy requirements that would benefit them.
Ogunleye pledged to ensure a sustainable future for the resolution of all energy challenges to make the state a choice destination for investments.
The guest speaker, Professor Barth Nnaji, a former Minister of Power and Natural Gas, commended the Lagos State government for its steps on electricity sustainability from the Bola Tinubu administration, adding that 80 million Nigerians lack electricity supply.
Nnaji urged government at all levels to take decisive action to address the gap.
“In the next 20 years, national gas will be the fuel to power electricity with about 210 trillion cubic feet of gas, any country that its GDP is growing, energy support should also increase,” he said.
