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Powering the Lagos Economy:
Real Opportunities, Endless Possibilities
Ehingbeti 2014
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Presentation Content
1. Introduction
1. Summit Objectives
2. From the Past Summits
2. What we learnt and discussed
3. Our Recommendations/Resolutions and
conclusions
4. BRF bids goodbye to Ehingbeti
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Summit Objectives
• This bi-annual Summit serves
• As a platform for policy dialogue between the LASG and the
wider stakeholder community
• To generate and implement ideas and innovations which drive
growth and development in Lagos State.
• To enable exploration and utilisation of emerging opportunities
that position Lagos as Africa’s model Mega city and global
economic and financial hub.
• To help in building and strengthening development, social and
business networks
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Feedback from previous Summits
• Changing nature of the Summit
• Since 2008 the summit has moved from being merely diagnostic in nature to being action-
driven and implementation-oriented
• Successful Implementation of Summit Recommendations/Resolutions
• The 6 previous Summits yielded 152 Resolutions and Recommendations/Resolutions
• Only 13 of these remain outstanding – all the others have been implemented;
• Even with outstanding resolutions, Implementation is on-going.
• Some Examples of Post Summit Actions
• Power Sector
• Energy/power audits and provision of IPPs
• Agriculture
• Increased cultivations of rice and other staples, enablers of agro-enterprise
• Transportation
• Enhancement of transport infrastructure in Rail , water and road
• Housing and Urban Renewal
• Affordable housing and accessible mortgage facilities, environmental enhancement
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2014 Summit objective
• Electricity serves a number of purposes in the processes of
socio-economic development and growth
• Power as an enabler
• Power as a handle
• Power as a catalyst
• The primacy of power in development makes it
understandable and appropriate that this year’s Summit has
“Powering the Lagos Economy: Real Opportunities, endless
possibilities” as theme
• Objectives thus include –
• Gain a better understanding of how the government of Lagos State can
facilitate an improvement in the supply of electricity to Lagos
• Dimension the the issues challenges and opportunities in the Lagos
Power Sector
Context for this Summit
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Setting the context for this Summit –
The Governor’s Address
• Notwithstanding this being his last Summit as Governor and he would
have been forgiven for a triumphal backward looking speech, the
opening address delivered by HE provided a fitting forward-looking
framework.
• His remarks
• Re-iterated the primacy of the focus on Power, Agriculture, Transport and Housing
(PATH), in achieving the LASG’s growth and development ambitions
• Presented a copious list of actions taken since the Summit in 2012 which illustrate
the commitment of LASG to its vision of Lagos as a Model Mega-city, a hub for
activity and the impact which investment in infrastructure renewal was having on
improving the opportunity space, raising cost-efficiency and above all enabling
residents achieve their ambitions
• With respect to the importance of the Power Sector, shared the impact on various
facets of life and living in Lagos of action taken to improve street lighting as a result
of the State’s Independent Power Projects.
• Drew attention to the challenge of going beyond the headline data in achieving
and sustaining inclusive growth which positively affects the realities of residents;
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Lessons from the experiences of our foreign:
Mikheil Saakashvili, FmrPresident of Georgia
• Mr Saakashvili drew attention to a number of characteristics and
actions which enabled Georgia achieve and sustain a turn-around
in its fortunes by –
• sheer determination to achieve well defined objectives
• You can generate the power that would be enough for Nigeria if you will put
your heart to it with commitment and without personal interest.
• Government should decentralize the process of getting public
services/documents in order to achieve more results in the shortest
possible time.
• Willingness to take controversial, unusual policy measures and actions
• “Genuine reforms come with some form of suffering that the people will have
to bear.”
• Strengthening institutional capacities which, as he stated, then ensures
that –
• It is to be borne in mind, he noted that We are building something that when
we leave will not look like us, but will remind people of us”
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Lessons from the experiences of our foreign:
Mr. Pedro Pires, FmrPresident of Cape Verde
• Mr. Pedro Pires reminded us that –
• Leaders must develop transformation agendas and action plans for
implementation;
• Leaders should stop managing poverty and instead channel those
energies into managing development because development
management cannot be equated with poverty management
• Leaders need to spearhead projects of transformation agendas and
vigorously seek to realize those agendas
Our Recommendations/Resolutions
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Recommendations/Resolutions
A. How Can Electricity Delivery To Lagos Be Accelerated?
1. Lagos State should focus keenly on aspects of the Power value chain within its
jurisdiction – for example, Local Distribution Networks (Transformers etc)
2. Partner with the DISCOs to promote embedded generation which includes
emergency power and regular power.
Embedded power generation is a “ring fence” approach to achieving power
production quickly.
3. LASG should, through its partnership with the DISCOs seek to reduce losses and
any other measures necessary to ensure effective and efficiency distribution of
available power.
4. LASG should facilitate the operations of the DISCOs by • Ensuring that things like land, right of way, permits, etc. are made easily accessible
to the DISCOs
5. Sharing its Development Plans with the DISCOs in advance to influence planning
by the DISCOs
6. LASG, as a local regulator of sorts, without interfering with the mandate of NERC,
should serve as an Arbiter between the DISCOs and the Consumers in Lagos State.
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Recommendations/Resolutions
.......How Can Electricity Delivery To Lagos Be Accelerated?
LASG should, through its partnership with the DISCOs seek to reduce losses and
any other measures necessary to ensure effective and efficiency distribution of
available power.
8. LASG, as a local regulator of sorts, without interfering with the mandate of NERC,
should serve as an Arbiter between the DISCOs and the Consumers in Lagos State.
LASG should Continue to engage with the Federal Government/NERC towards
speeding up completion of connectivity infrastructure, liberalization of the gas
market to bring prices to export parity, which will ensure sufficient liquidity in the
gas sector to support all solutions, as well as movement towards more cost
reflective tariffs to engender investment required in the power sector.
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Recommendations/Resolutions
B. How Do We Deliver Adequate Gas To Power Lagos?
1. LASG should seek to obtain direct equity stakes in gas acreages in offshore Lagos
to gain more control of the gas molecules for redirection into the Lagos market
2. LASG can provide a framework that guarantees gas uptake from gas fields in
offshore Lagos in order to make those investments bankable and expedite their
progress (examples include Agi Fields – can deliver 450mmcf/d in 2-3 years;
Camac field etc.)
2. LASG should join the advocacy for alternative technologies for Gas delivery into
Lagos. Examples include 
Use of FSRU (Floating Storage & Regasification Units) to re-gassify LNG for
use by domestic power plants
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Investments in Mini-LNG plants
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Use of CNG and synthetic fuels to meet domestic gas demand and gas plants
mounted on barges along the coast of Lagos. -
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Recommendations/Resolutions
.......Managing Transition Issues From Public To Private
Sector Controlled Power Industry
5.LASG should communicate to NERC and other relevant Agencies the
need to ensure that the transition from Public to Private Sector controlled
industry is well managed by addressing issues such as • The need for Firm but fair Regulation including disciplinary measures
such as
• License revocation where applicable should remain on the menuCoownership (with labour) of privatized assets would be a beneficial
incentive to labour and would boost beneficial cooperation
• Worker retraining and acculturation to new standards should be
facilitated by employers. Worker retraining is a critical element of the
change management process
6.
LASG should actively engage in the political lobby for the speedy completion of
key projects such as the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS)2.
Recommendations/Resolutions
E. Harnessing Electricity To Grow The Agriculture,
Transportation & Housing Sectors
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LASG should take advantage of liberalized power industry to promote
growth in the Agric Transport and Housing Sectors by doing the
following –
Agriculture
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• Further collaboration with players along the value chain and assistance to farmers in
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acquiring relevant skills
Implementation of a local food content bill to encourage hotels and retail stores to
patronize locally produced food items.
Development of captive power projects for the agricultural farm settlements and
estates.
Institutionalize the current efforts of government at powering agricultural areas.
Grant electricity subsidy to encourage agricultural entrepreneurs
Transportation
• Electrifying the transport system will reduce dependence on petroleum products,
reduce some of these noted effects , enable the use of Intelligent Transport System
(ITS) and provide more employment for youths.
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Recommendations/Resolutions
Harnessing Electricity To Grow The Agriculture,
Transportation & Housing Sectors
• Housing
4. High/ medium rise buildings should be used for high density areas to
encourage efficient utilization of resources.
• Buildings should be designed for proper circulation and lighting to
reduce energy requirement.
• Sustainable industry building processes such as pre-fabrication and
assembly should be employed in building projects especially when
energy becomes available.
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Recommendations/Resolutions:
How do we harness Electricity to Transform Social
Infrastructure
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LASG should explore and where found suitable collaborate
with private sector partners creation of “smart cities.”
• This involves collation, combination, aggregation, analysis and
interpretation of relevant demographic information.
• The “smart city” concept will provide us with adequate data on
electricity usage pattern. This in turn can be used to determine peak
and off-peak periods.
Advocate and encourage ongoing grid upgrade and
aggressive upgrade of distribution facilities. Invest in
distribution equipment.
3. Pursue Waste to power and Gas to power projects as
practical ways by which we can harness electricity for
transformation of social infrastructure.
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Ehingbeti Heritage Ehingbeti’s pre-eminence as a rallying point of maritime, economic, financial
and commercial activities dates back to 15th century Eko market place which
also provided a forum to foster close collaboration between (the king and
the merchant class), our current day public and private sectors, in the
planning and actualizing the developmental objectives of Lagos as a global
Mega City.
We intend to keep faith with this heritage.
B’oju o ba ti Ehingbeti, Oju o le ti Eko