Maritime Nigeria

Main Menu

  • Home
  • News
  • Interviews
  • Maritime Info
  • Photo Gallery
  • Fact
  • Profiles

logo

Header Banner

Maritime Nigeria

  • Home
  • News
    • Nigeria Set To Host IMO Delegation On Working Visit

      Sep 5, 2025
      0
    • MOWCA Secures $1.3million Scholarships

      Sep 2, 2025
      0
    • DG NIMASA Task Staff To Deliver On Presidential Priorities

      Sep 2, 2025
      0
    • Minister Commends Academy On Policy Drive and Vision

      Aug 27, 2025
      0
    • Dantsoho: Driving Growth, Inclusivity, Sustainability and Improvements In Port Operations

      Aug 25, 2025
      0
    • MWUN Salute Tinubu, Partners AMJON

      Aug 22, 2025
      0
    • NSC Decry Paucity of Funds, Calls For Adequate Preparations For AfCFTA

      Aug 22, 2025
      0
    • CGC Takes Reputation Campaign To Zone C

      Aug 18, 2025
      0
    • CUSTOMS: Kebbi Command Celebrate B'Odogwu

      Aug 18, 2025
      0
  • Interviews
    • Nigeria Takes Leadership Of MOWCA

      Nov 18, 2021
      0
    • APM Participates in UK Trade Expo

      Oct 31, 2021
      0
    • Reps Seek Admission at MAN

      Dec 7, 2020
      0
    • NIMASA URGE SHIP OWNERS TO RENEW CABOTAGE LICENSES

      Oct 5, 2020
      0
    • FG Sacks Aboloma As NAIC Gets New EDs

      Aug 28, 2020
      0
    • Britain Celebrate Nigerian In Covid Efforts

      Jul 26, 2020
      0
    • Zuckerberg Backs Trump Against Twitter

      May 28, 2020
      0
    • NAFDAC DG Sheds Light On Chloroquine, Herbals, Masks and Covid19

      May 12, 2020
      0
    • Reps Threaten MDAs

      Feb 24, 2020
      0
  • Maritime Info
    • 2023 POP: Minister Task Cadets On Blue Economy

      Dec 15, 2023
      0
    • Rector, Trainees Excited, Laud FG On Modern Academy

      Jan 26, 2023
      0
    • Buhari Redeploys Minister As NPA, NIMASA, MAN, Others Get New Boards

      Apr 7, 2022
      0
    • World Bank Endorse Nigerian Ports, Partners Navy On Capacity Building

      Mar 19, 2022
      0
    • NIMASA Commend Nigerian Navy, Reassures On Floating Dock

      Feb 9, 2022
      0
    • MAN Unveils Lighthouse For Training of Cadets

      Jan 27, 2022
      0
    • shipping

      Singapore Strait Dangerous To Shipping-ReCAAP

      Jan 24, 2022
      0
    • Lekki Deep Sea Port Will Increase Port Efficiency-Amaechi

      Jan 24, 2022
      0
    • Fair Competition: NSC Partners FCCPC For Effectiveness

      Jan 21, 2022
      0
  • Photo Gallery
    • SERAP Calls for Probe of Entire Privatization Processes 1999-2011

      Dec 4, 2017
      0
    • IMO Election: South Africa, Kenya, Liberia, Morroco and Egypt Make Category C

      Dec 2, 2017
      0
    • Maersk Ship on Fire as Coy Launches Six Container Lifting Tech

      Nov 2, 2016
      0
    • Captured Seafarers Languish In Captivity without Ransom

      Nov 1, 2016
      0
    • Niger Delta: Militants Ask FG to Include Former Agitators in Negotiations

      Nov 1, 2016
      0
    • Self-Audit: NIMASA Set to Review 3% Freight Charge

      Nov 1, 2016
      0
    • Recession: Japanese Shipping Companies to Merge

      Oct 31, 2016
      0
    • NSC Partners ICS on Capacity Building

      Oct 31, 2016
      0
    • AGAIN, APAPA CUSTOMS SURPASS MONTHLY TARGET WITH N33B COLLECTION

      Oct 5, 2016
      0
  • Fact
    • Maritime Police Boss Celebrate Workers

      May 1, 2025
      0
    • “VIN Is A Trade Tool, Not Punitive”-Customs

      Mar 2, 2022
      0
    • Blackmailers, False Publishers and Their Agents: Court Clears Rector

      Feb 18, 2022
      0
    • MAN Unveils Lighthouse For Training of Cadets

      Jan 27, 2022
      0
    • "APM Terminals Is Beyond Moving Boxes Around"-Laursen

      Jan 24, 2022
      0
    • MWUN: Welfare, Safety Our Priority-Adeyanju

      Dec 27, 2021
      0
    • Reversing the Trend: Koko Breaks Record at NPA

      Dec 24, 2021
      0
    • Minister Demands More From MAN At Passing Out Parade

      Dec 20, 2021
      0
    • MARITIME NIGERIA TASK NIMASA ON MARITIME DEVELOPMENT

      Dec 15, 2021
      0
  • Profiles
    • CMA CGM Brings AI Onboard

      Jun 5, 2018
      0
    • Customs Notify 577 Officers of Retirement by Eguono Odjegba

      Jan 12, 2018
      0
    • Over 100 Persons Feared Dead in Mediterranean Ship Wreck

      Nov 3, 2016
      0
    • Ballast Water: Panama Signs Up

      Oct 24, 2016
      0
    • Ist Half Report: Customs generate N385.7bn revenue

      Aug 15, 2016
      0
    • Minister/MD Speeches at the Launch of NPA's CCCIS

      Jul 23, 2016
      0
    • Face off Imminent as Dakuku Warn IOCs to Sit Up or Stay ...

      Jul 22, 2016
      0
    • Hadiza, Welcome to NPA

      Jul 16, 2016
      0
    • Habib Abdullahi Sacked Again from NPA

      Jul 12, 2016
      0
  • Nigeria Set To Host IMO Delegation On Working Visit

  • MOWCA Secures $1.3million Scholarships

  • DG NIMASA Task Staff To Deliver On Presidential Priorities

  • Minister Commends Academy On Policy Drive and Vision

  • Dantsoho: Driving Growth, Inclusivity, Sustainability and Improvements In Port Operations

News
Home›News›Lagos Set to Provide 24/7 Dependable Electricity

Lagos Set to Provide 24/7 Dependable Electricity

By Editor
Feb 8, 2018
1482
0
Share:
The Lagos state Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has signed into law, legislations to back power generation and distribution by the state to its growing population and others to enhance governance in the state.
Speaking on the other laws, the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan said the signing of the laws aptly confirms the commitment of Governor Ambode to institutionalize and enshrine good governance in the state.

He said: “This is a great day; the Governor has just signed these bills into law and this shows that the House of Assembly is working in tandem with the Executive. It also shows that Lagos is working.
These laws are going to benefit the people of Lagos State and this is what the people are looking for in terms of the dividends of democracy.”
Giving details on the benefits of the Power Sector Reform Law, the State’s Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr Olawale Oluwo said the law would allow the State Government to intervene in major areas of the power value chain to the overall benefit of the people.
He said: “One, the law puts the government in a position to be able to extend our guarantee to private sector participants who will come and generate power for us and by this guarantee, we are putting the balance sheet of our State on the table and assuring investors that as they generate power, they will get paid”.
“Second, is to help the distribution companies to upgrade their infrastructure because if they generate the power and their infrastructure is still where it is today, clearly they will not have the capacity to carry the incremental power. The third area of intervention is that it empowers us to be able to open up the gas market in Lagos so that we can have gas on a consistent basis and that is how we can attain the 24-hour power supply.”
Speaking further, Oluwo said the law would also enable the State Government to collaborate with the distribution companies to collect tariff from customers efficiently in a way that the said guarantee would not crystallize, while in the area of enforcement, the law will prevent power theft.
According to him, ”What has happened today is that the first power theft law in Nigeria has been signed today by Governor Ambode and this is the first time any government in Nigeria will institutionalise the power theft law”.
“It criminalizes power infraction. What we have seen before is that people tamper with and bypass meters and at the end of the day they are arrested and nothing happens but the new law provides for jail terms as well as fines and all sorts of forbearance such that if you tamper with electrical installations, if you import fake electrical materials into this State, you are liable to be prosecuted,” Oluwo explained.
Speaking on the other laws, the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Kehinde Bamigbetan said the signing of the laws aptly confirmed the commitment of Governor Ambode to institutionalize and enshrine good governance.
“Among the bills is the Amended Customary Law which is very important because for a long time the Customary Court system in the Local Government has been shut down because of the bill and with this revision, the Customary Court in Local Government will spring back to life and that means that many of the activities in the Local Government which require arbitration and dispute resolution which had been in abeyance so far will now come back in full stream”.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • More
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)

Related

Previous Article

LCCI: Insecurity stalls N200bn Agro Investment

Next Article

Export Promotion: NPA Seek Intermodalism

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Related articles More from author

  • FeaturedMaritime InfoNews

    MARITIME ACADEMY OF NIGERIA: READY FOR THE FUTURE?

    Mar 3, 2021
    By Editor
  • News

    Maersk Begings Crewless Ship Tests

    Apr 30, 2018
    By Editor
  • Customs OperationsNews

    Customs Reassures On B’Odogwu, Strengthens Network Fibre Optics

    Aug 15, 2025
    By Editor
  • News

    Ogbeifun, Asoluka, urge FG to Muster Courage for Maritime Development in Nigeria

    Mar 20, 2017
    By Editor
  • News

    NIMASA REASSURES ON BLUE ECONOMY, TASK MEDIA ON PROFESSIONALISM

    Oct 21, 2024
    By Editor
  • News

    Senator Vows to Expose Faces

    Jul 7, 2019
    By Editor

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

  • News

    Customs: Onne Command Unveils Conference and Training Centres

  • News

    AfCFTA: “We Must Eliminate Barriers To Trade”-Jime

  • FeaturedMaritime InfoNews

    Nigeria Intensify Efforts At Ensuring Maritime Safety

Looking For Something?

Read From

  • Agriculture
  • Customs Operations
  • Fact
  • Featured
  • Interviews
  • Maritime Info
  • News
  • One Question
  • Photo Gallery
  • Profiles
  • sports

Just In

News

Nigeria Set To Host IMO Delegation On Working Visit

Sequel to Nigeria’s maritime dominance and strategic position in Africa, economic power and rightghtful quest for a Category C Council seat at the IMO, the Secretary-General of the International Maritime ...
  • B’Odogwu: Apapa Collects N215b

    By Editor
    Sep 2, 2025
  • MOWCA Secures $1.3million Scholarships

    By Editor
    Sep 2, 2025
  • DG NIMASA Task Staff To Deliver On Presidential Priorities

    By Editor
    Sep 2, 2025
  • Minister Commends Academy On Policy Drive and Vision

    By Editor
    Aug 27, 2025
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
© 2013 Maritime Nigeria | All Rights Reserved