Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state says the quest by the country to achieve energy security can no longer be left for the Federal Government to address alone.

Ambode revealed plans by the state to attain 24-hour power supply by generating 3000megawatts of electricity in 2022. 

 The governor stated this in Lagos while receiving the report of the Embedded Power Technical Committee constituted by the state government with representatives from the public and private sector.

 Explaining the rationale behind the embedded power initiative of the state government, the governor said the major bane of the power situation in the country has always been with transmission.

 Governor Ambode said the target of the state government is to generate up to 3,000MW of power through accelerated deployment of various embedded power plants in strategic locations in the state within three to five years.

Responding on behalf of Distribution Companies (DISCOS), Chairman of Eko Distribution Company, Charles Momoh commended the governor for the embedded power initiative, saying it was the best thing that has happened to Lagos State in recent times.

 He also expressed confidence in the ability of DISCOS and  the governor to see to the success of the initiative.

Earlier in his remarks, the commissioner for energy and mineral resources, Wale Oluwo, said he was confident that the implementation of the report holistically would address electricity problem in the state.