Lagos Unified Duct Infrastructure Project To Gulp N82bn

The Lagos State Unified Duct Infrastructure Project (LASG-UDIP) is expected to gulp about $200 million or N82 billion (N410/$) on completion of the project.

The project, which will see to the deployment of 6,000km fibre optic cables across the state, is expected to gulp about $100 million in each of the two phases.

Though details of the contract are not available in the public domain, it was learnt that the concessionaire is bearing the entire cost, while the state government provides enabling environment for the project.

Already, across the state, there have been notable construction of ducts and subsequent deployment of cables along major roads and streets in the citywide Internet connection.

the project, which is part of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s smart-city initiative, initially targeted May 2022 for completion of the first phase that will see the laying of 3,000km fibre optic cables across the state, but the project is now expected to be completed on or before February 2022.

The project has defaced some roads due to repeated digging, with the fibre pipes littering many locations statewide. From Surulere to Ketu, Oshodi to Ikorodu, Yaba to Obalende, as well as some parts of Ikeja, the pipes are virtually everywhere.

Interestingly, some mobile network operators (MNOs) have started showing interest in the project with some 2,100km of fibre from the project already leased to them.