…commissions 33KV feeder line in Orile-Owu
From right, Managing Director (Construction), RATCON Construction Co.Limited, Engr. Fouad Howayek; Permanent Secretary Ministry of WorksState of Osun, Engr. Nerudeen Adeagbo; Member State House of Assembly,Hon. Biodun Awolola; Governor Rauf Aregbesola; Deputy Speaker of theHouse of Assembly, Hon.Akintunde Adegboye and Secretary to the StateGovernment, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, during the flag-off ofreconstruction of Olaiya Junction-Asubiaro-Ita Olokan Road, Osogbo,State of Osun on Friday 27-011-2015Asubiaro-Ita
As the present administration in Osun enters its 6th year in office, the Governor of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has said that the economic hardship in the state has come to an end.
The governor stated this during the official commissioning of the new Ife/Orile-Owu 33KV feeder line at Orile-Owu, Ayedaade Local Government Area.
Aregbesola noted that his administration is committed to making life meaningful and abundant to the people of Osun hence the infrastructural development in the nooks and crannies of the state.
The governor commended the people of Orile-Owu and its environs for their patience over the years before electricity was restored back to the communities at a total cost of N225 million.
He held that his administration decided to assist the service providers by rehabilitating the Gbongan-Ikire 33KV feeder line, making it to end at Araromi-Owu, Odeyinka and three farm settlements of Mokore, Oyere-Aborisade and Ago-Owu.
Aregbesola stressed that it is quite clear that the new 33KV relief feeder line will ensure stable power supply to the farm settlements thus stemming rural/urban drift by encouraging the teeming populace to return to farming in the farm settlement.
“I want to use this opportunity to admonish us to return to the farms, what we used to rely on as a country and state is no longer there. Oil has now dipped seriously, it is now at about 41 dollars per barrel from over 100 dollars and Nigeria still …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
