LAGOS STATE: Future Proofing City
Lagos welcomes one of the biggest single power generating stations in Africa, Egbin Thermal Power Station
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he decision to site a thermal power station in Lagos metropolis came up in 1982 by the Federal Government of Nigeria under President Shehu Shagari. The Egbin Power Plant is located at Ijede, near Egbin Town of Ikorodu Local Government of Lagos State. The power station is located about 40 km North East of the City of Lagos. It is situated by the Lagoon around Ijede village. Egbin Power Plant, one of the biggest single power generating stations in Africa, with an installed capacity of 1320 MW consisting of 6 Units of 220MW each.
Egbin (part of Ijede) was a settlement for peasant fishermen and farmers but was displaced to give way for the project with its housing estate and the people met there were resettled at Ipakan community leased from Ijede People, the largest portion of the land was collected from different families in Ijede Town. The first unit of the plant was commissioned in July 1985,while the last was commissioned in September 1986.Egbin generates almost a quarter of Nigeria’s electricity.
Lagos State been the fifth largest economy in Africa, welcomes a large number of multinational companies and is home to almost half of Nigeria’s skilled workers. It is one of Africa’s biggest consumer markets and boasts a higher standard of living than anywhere else in Nigeria. With the large number of companies
trooping in to Lagos, it has made the economy to be in the hands of the private sector. The Lagos State Government has formulated policies that will make the private sector to thrive in the State and providing adequate security and infrastructure development. The construction and installation of Egbin Power Plant in Lagos is part of the success stories in the State. Lagos State Government has also continued to execute developmental projects expanding the infrastructural profile of the state's landscape and also instituting numerous welfare and empowerment schemes for its citizens.
Ikorodu is the fastest growing exurb near the Lagos metropolis Comprehensive College Aga, Government College Ikorodu, Ipakodo Grammar School, Shams-El Deen Grammar School, Ikorodu High School, De-Multilaurel comprehensive Seatos Schools, Ikorodu, Ikorodu is the fastest growing exurb near the college, Lagos metropolis, owing in part to the influx Government Technical College, Oriwu Senior Model College, Civil Service Model of people from Ikorodu's surrounding towns and villages attracted by the town's proximity College, Igbogbo, Goshen International School, United High School, Oreyo Senior to Lagos. Within the Ikorodu area, there are over 50 public primary schools and 12 Grammar School, Elepe Senior High School, secondary schools. Ikorodu boasts on several Yewa Grammar School, Aga-Ikorodu, Lagos private nurseries, primary and secondary State Polytechnic Ikorodu schools, and one tertiary institution. More interesting, Caleb University is a Local secondary schools includes: Royal Le private university located in the Imota area of Hope International School, De-Young the town. The town of Ikorodu itself is home to branches of several established Nigerian banks.
Ikorodu is a city and local government area in Lagos State, situated approximately 36 km north of Lagos, Nigeria. It is located along the Lagos Lagoon and shares a boundary with Ogun State. At the 2006 census the population was 535,619. Ikorodu is bounded to the south by the Lagos Lagoon, to the north by a boundary with Ogun State, and to the east by a boundary with Agbowa-Ikosi, a town in Epe Division of Lagos State. The town has grown significantly in the past 40 years and is divided into sixteen or seventeen "Ituns" or minor areas. The main industries in the town are trading, farming and manufacturing. Nearby major towns include Imota, Ijede, Igbogbo and Bayeku, all of which constitute their own Local Council Development Area with their own traditional rulers (Obas). Together these areas make up Ikorodu Division. Ikorodu Division has a large industrial area containing several factories.