The Lagos State Government has started putting in place a plan to save energy and manage it for all of the Ministries, Departments, and Government Agencies in the State.
Engr. Mukhtaar Tijani, the General Manager of the Lagos State Electricity Board, said in a statement that the government’s initiative is meant to improve operational efficiency and cut costs. This is in line with the “smart city ecosystem,” which is based on the smart use of energy.
Tijani said that the State must improve its energy conservation and management to help her move toward redefining the energy mix and distribution systems. She said that the plan is one of the key recommendations from energy audits done on some government buildings.
“It looks like this administration is putting together the infrastructure for a safe and resilient Smart City that will last. “Conserving energy and using it well should be a big part of the plan as a whole,” he said.
The General Manager explained the importance of the initiative to the resilience of the city by saying that less energy use will lead to efficiency and energy sustainability in the State.
Tijani said that the plan will figure out how much energy services are needed to improve the environment and lower energy costs by keeping resources from being used up.
“Another important part of the plan is using smart energy sensors that can do more than one thing to get the right information and share it for predictive analytics. The General Manager said, “These data can be used to find and predict energy needs and give us valuable information during times of peak demand.”
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Tijani went on to say that the implementation exercise will also be a chance to educate the staff of different MDAs so they can make smart decisions about how to use energy and help the government come up with good solutions to energy problems.
The General Manager said that the plan is to create a comprehensive portfolio of efficient and standard energy generation. He said that the exercise will help to show where other electrical installations in government buildings need to be fixed or updated.
Tijani said, “The project will be done in stages across all the State’s facilities, such as general hospitals, primary health centres, and tertiary, secondary, and primary schools. It will also help MDAs set up ways to save energy and use it more efficiently.”
