Lawmaker lights up communities

By Oseheye Okwuofu, Ibadan

The lawmaker representing Surulere/Ogo-Oluwa Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Segun Odebunmi, has brought electricity to six communities.

Odebunmi, who chairs the House Committee on Information, National Orientation, Ethics and Value, also empowered over 1,000 youths with vocational training.

Some of the benefitting communities – Biiro Olooyo, Iregba Oja, and Kale – have been in existence for over 300 years without electricity while some have poor supply due to lack of transformer.

Residents described the electrification as historic and a major step towards development. They praised Odebunmi for facilitating development projects, and urged him not to relent.

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The principal of Baptist Grammar School, Ajaawa, Prince Ezekiel Olaoye, said: “This is the first time our school will be having ICT class with Internet and inverter as an alternative source of power. We appreciate Odebunmi for remembering us. With this, our pupils can now access computer for practical knowledge and other training.”

Wahab Bolaji, a resident of Gambari which got a 500kva transformer, said: “For many years now, we have been cut off from government light, attempts to raise money to buy a new transformer has not been yielding, but now we are happy that Odebunmi remembered us and gave us this transformer, we cannot but continue to thank God for giving us a kind-hearted representative like him.”