Oke Adini Residents Suffer a Decade Without Power Due to Faulty Transformer

Date: 2024-08-30

As reported by Leadership, the residents of Oke Adini, in the Sango area of Ilorin, Kwara State, have been enduring nearly 10 years without power supply due to a faulty transformer, which has severely affected their quality of life.

Local residents and shop owners expressed their frustration, noting that the absence of electricity has devastated their businesses. Many have been forced to spend extra money on petrol to power their generators. The issue of unreliable or nonexistent power supply over the past decade stems from the deteriorated condition of the transformer that serves the area.

Hakeem Olatidoye, a senior reporter with a state-owned media outlet and a resident of Oke Adini, confirmed that the area has been without power for nearly 10 years. Another resident, Alhaja Bolaji Saka, lamented that they are unable to preserve meat, fish, and other perishables in their refrigerators due to the lack of electricity.

Leadership reports that the situation has been further exacerbated by the failure of a contractor to deliver the approved transformer for the community's use.

It was gathered that the federal government had in 2022 awarded a N44.5m contract for the installation of transformers at Oke Adini and some other communities in Kwara State.

The Ministry of Power approved the contract and put its supervision under the Rural Electrification Agency(REA), it was gathered.

The power project was facilitated by former senator representing Kwara central, Dr Yahaya Oloriegbe .

“No new transformer was supplied or installed for our community's use. When the load was too much on one of the available transformers which made it blow up, we contributed funds to fix it, “ Olatidoye said.

Olatidoye and other respondents appealed to the Kwara State government to come to their aid by installing a new transformer for the community.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Apado     Danladi     Kwara State Government     Isin     Gambari     Florence Saraki     Oluronke Adeyemi     Cassava Growers\' Association     Sunday Otokiti     Moshood Bakare     QuickWin     Kale Bayero     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Abdulraheem Olesin     Oye Tinuoye     ENetSuD     Computer Based Test     Saliu Oluwole     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Aliyu Sabi     Ahmad Belgore     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Osi     Isiaka Oniwa     Omu Aran     Belgore     KWSIEC     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Wale Oladepo     SDP     Lawal Olohungbebe     Ladi Hassan     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Medview Airlines     Oke-opin     Kubra Kazum     Kayode Laro     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Tsaragi     Salihu Ajia     Danhawa     Buari Edun     Taofik Abdulkareem     Olateju Lukman     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Toyin Saraki     David Adesina     Gaa Olobi     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Moji Makanjuola     Aliyu Alhassan     Agboola Babatunde     Local Government     Gobirawa     Ayo Salami     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Isiaka Alikinla     Salihu S. Yaru     Mubarak Oladosu     COVID     CACOVID     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Lateef Fagbemi     Eleja Taiwo Banu     TESCOM     Oko-Erin     IF-K     Abioye Bello     Ibrahim Oniye     Ballah     Hijaab     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Kwara TV     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     David Oyedepo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Assayomo     Saad Omo Iya     Plat Technologies     Daud Adeshola     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Bashirat Bola Bello     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Salary     Press Release     Kulende-UITH     Dan Masanin     Olomu     Federal Allocation     Najim Yaasin     PPS     IQRA College     Emir Of Kano     Omu-aran     Mufutau Olatinwo     Ayodele Shittu     Kunle Akogun     KWIRS     CLAY POT     Gambari     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Al-Adaby     SSA Youth Engagement     Kehinde Boyede     Sun Qing Rong     Yomi Ogunsola     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     MATTA Girls Foundation     Durbar Festival     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Musa Abdullahi     Erubu Oba Zubair     Hussein Olokooba     Alfa Yahaya Road     Olatomiwa Williams     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Owu Fall     Alore     Idi-Ape     Moshood Bakare     Babata     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Aso Ofi     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Garment Factory     Fatimat Saliu     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Wahab Issa     PharmAccess Foundation     Shaaba Lafiagi     Salaudeen Oyewale     Sunday Popo-Ola     Azeez Salawu     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Awwal Jawondo     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     KWASEIC     Igbomina     Tayo Awodiji     Gani Saadu     Playing Host     Adama Isa     Makama Of Kaiama     Tunde Yusuf     Saadu Alanamu     Oniwasi Agbaye     Oluronke Adeyemi     Rex Olawoye     Taiwo Joseph     Musa Ayinla Yeketi