OBAFEMI HAMZAT LAMENTS HIGH ELECTRICITY TARIFF, SAYS HIS BILL ROSE BY 974% IN A MONTH. (PHOTO).

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 Obafemi Hamzat laments high electricity tariff, says his bill rose by 974% in a month Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos state, says his electricity bill inexplicably skyrocketed from N2.7 million in March to N29 million in April. Hamzat said the electricity distribution company (DisCo) also frustrated his efforts to utilise the prepaid meter he procured. Punch reports that the deputy governor spoke on Monday during a roundtable discussion between the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and the Lagos state government in Victoria Island. Both parties were billed to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the electrification of rural communities in Lagos. Hamzat, who represented Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, at the event, decried what he called ā€œcrazy billsā€ from DisCos. ā€œPeople that are trying to survive, and the common denominator for them is power. They don’t have power. There are billing challenges. In fact I’m a very good example,ā€ he said. ā€œLast month, in my...

GOV ABIODUN APPOINTS THREE AVIATION CONSULTANTS FOR TAKE-OFF OF GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 Gov Abiodun Appoints Three Aviation Consultants For Take-off Of Gateway International Airport 


The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has appointed three consultants to man the aviation sector in the state.


This was contained in a statement on Tuesday, signed by the Secretary to the Ogun State Government (SSG), Mr. Tokunbo Talabi.


The appointment is in readiness for the take-off of the iconic Gateway International Agro-Cargo Airport.


According to the statement, the experts appointed to take responsibility for specific areas in the fast developing aviation sector in the State are Capt Dapo Olumide - Consultant on Airport Management; Engr. Benedict Adeyileka - Consultant on Regulatory Matters (Aviation) and Engr Mohammed Odunowo - Consultant on Aviation.


"Please note that the above appointments by His Excellency were based on the relevant and cognitive expertise and experience of the appointees in national and international aviation sector," the statement added.

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