- Set to install 7 transformers for more areas
At least four hundred units of solar street lights have been approved for procurement and installation for various communities across the sixteen local governments of Kwara state, the state Ministry of Energy has said.
State Commissioner for Energy Hon. Abdulwahab Femi Agbaje White on Tuesday told reporters in his office that the approval was sequel to the government’s resolve to enhance public access to light for environmental beauty, adding that the facility will equally prevent criminal tendencies in the affected communities.
He also said that the government has directed the installations of transformers for seven more communities, promising that the administration will not relent in improving the standard of living of its citizenry.
The communities to benefit from new transforners in this phase are Amule-lele Community (Ilorin West); Isokan Community Akerebiata (Ilorin East); Sikiru Ottan Community, Basin Road (Ilorin South); Government Reserve Area (GRA) in Tsaragi (Edu); Salvation Community, Stadium road Ilorin (Ilorin West); Eeko Community (Edu); Aiyetoro Community, Offa LGA layout phase II (Offa).
“The state government has deemed it necessary to approve the procurement and installation of these 400 solar street lights so that it will enhance the access to light, beautify the given environment and prevent crimes,” he said.
“There are seven communities that have been approved for electricity transformers as part of the efforts to improve the living standard of citizens. We have a governor who is dedicated to impacting lives, particularly through infrastructural development. I can assure you that more communities will also be considered soon.”
It will be recalled that the state government recently approved the installation of eleven transformers for some communities that were badly affected by poor electricity in the state.
