By Olasunkanmi Akoni

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, on Tuesday, urged Nigerians to imbibe the culture of conservation as a way of life in all sectors, especially in the energy area.

Fashola, who made the appeal at the Lagos State Power Kids Awards 2013 grand finale, before a capacity crowd of pupils who are members of the Power Kids Club in 30 secondary schools across the state, their tutors and other stakeholders, explained that making conservation a way of life would guarantee everyone the opportunity to see and enjoy the future.

Noting that Nigerians might express skepticism about the call for energy conservation, especially in the face of inadequate power supply, Fashola argued that the nation would not attain electricity self sufficiency unless the people use energy very prudently and efficiently.

He explained that the launch of the Power Kids Programme in the state was part of his administration’s long standing plan to make the citizens understand the importance of conserving energy.

”Our plan is to add another 20 schools in the next programme so that we will take the number of schools participating in the programme to 50.

This initiative will always be about rewarding excellence in education. It is my hope that this would serve as a motivation to the schools to continue to improve.”