Lagos State Government to Ensure Steady Power Supply for Public Schools and Health Centres

In a statement made on thursday, the Lagos State Government said it has concluded plans to ensure steady power supply in public schools and health centres across the state through its solar system project.

The project, which involved maintenance of existing solar systems and installation of new ones, would commence after a 10-day training organised for technicians that would carry out the task.

The Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Olawale Oluwo, who declared the training open, encouraged institutions that had the facilities to participate.

Oluwo said the training, which was organised in collaboration with the United Kingdom Department for International Development, was to ensure a regular maintenance of solar components to guarantee steady power supply to public schools and primary health care facilities powered by the solar systems.

He said 172 schools and 11 health centres would benefit from the project, adding that it would create about 30,000 jobs.

The training provider, said at the inauguration that the objective was to keep solar power installations running, as well as reduce economic losses in schools and primary health centres operating within the solar systems.

The 10-day training programme, which kicked off in Ikeja on Monday, is organised by the Lagos State Electricity Board, the implementing agency of the state Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources