Residents of Dejuwogbo/Alado community of Likosi, Ishagamu local government area of Ogun State and Ikorodu community in Lagos State have decried the manner in which the Transmission Company of Nigeria proposed to acquire their lands and other real properties for the construction of Esia of Lagos and Ogun states Transmission Lines and Associated Substations Project (Lot 3). According to some of the residents who spoke to SaharaReporters, TCN undervalued their properties and used armed operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps to intimidate them.
Nigerian Electricity Agency, TCN Harasses Ogun, Lagos Communities With Security Operatives In Ongoing Transmission Lines ProjectResidents of Dejuwogbo/Alado community of Likosi, Ishagamu local government area of Ogun State and Ikorodu community in Lagos State have decried the manner in which the Transmission Company of Nigeria proposed to acquire their lands and other real properties for the construction of Esia of Lagos and Ogun states Transmission Lines and Associated Substations Project .
It was gathered that the agency first came to the communities in 2018 to inspect and value the residents' properties. However, in the agreement documents issued to the residents by the agency which were obtained by SaharaReporters, it was observed that the agency offered to pay within the range of N2million for a 3-bedroom apartment and N740,000 for cash crops.
And presently the transmission system around the area has limited capacity as a result they constitute bottlenecks. Hence, the need to expand the network to improve stability and reliability. "Three options were considered; the do-nothing option which would result in the continuation of reliance on the present insufficient and unreliable transmission network around Lagos, further resulting to the use of domestic and industrial generators which would lead to increase gaseous emissions with its associated health effects.
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