Residents praise Yayi for solar-powered street lights 

By Damilola Kushimo

 

The residents of Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) Estate, Ile-iwe Metta, Isolo have praised the senator representing Lagos West district, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (Yayi), for providing street lights in the estate.

 

The lawmaker has equally urged the residents to take ownership of the 10 solar-powered street lights, charging them on the maintenance.

 

Adeola, who spoke with ECHONEWS through his Lead Coordinator for Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area (LGA), Hon. Emmanuel Olojede, advised the residents of the estate to guard the infrastructure against vandalism.

 

LSDPC estate is one of the two communities in Oshodi-Isolo LGA that benefitted from the installation of 130 solar street lights in six of the 10 LGAs in the district.

 

Olojede who is also the Secretary to the Local Government (SLG), Isolo LCDA explained that the project is one of the many constituency projects the senator has lined up to be executed which, he said, would spread across all LGAs in the senatorial district.

 

He, however, appealed to communities that were not captured in this project to be sure of benefitting from others that will be carried out soon.

 

Sehinde Callisto Street in Oshodi is the other area that benefited from the solar-powered street lights.

 

He said: “We advise the community to take ownership and take good care of the infrastructure and make sure that it is not vandalised.

 

Assuring other communities of similar dividends of democracy, Olojede said Oshodi-Isolo and Ejigbo will benefit from the next round of projects. His words: “This isn’t his only constituency project. Others are still cominng. Any other one (project) coming now to Oshodi-Isolo LGA, before Oshodi and Isolo can ask for anything, Ejigbo will be considered.

 

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