Ogun begins solar-powered street lights installation

The Ogun State Government has initiated the installation of solar-powered street lights to enhance citizen safety and security, National Daily Newspaper gathered.

Oluwafemi Omisanjo, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Energy Matters, shared the information with reporters in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Sunday

The government’s move is coming on the heels of recent arrests of vandals stealing street light cables and other accessories along the Sagamu Interchange-Abeokuta Expressway by security agents, with one of the criminals nabbed for stealing a transformer.

Commenting on the development, National Daily Newspaper gathered that Omisanjo noted that persistent vandalism of government assets, especially street lights on the highways across the state, forced the current administration to seek alternatives to the generator-powered street lights.

He stated that Governor Dapo Abiodun’s administration decided to introduce a more secure and sustainable solution, stressing that a pilot scheme of the solar-powered streetlight had begun in some parts of Abeokuta.

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Omisanjo made it clear that the government would replace the street lights on the Sagamu Interchange-Abeokuta Expressway with a solar-powered system.

He stated further that the government is also initiating a full-scale analysis of the planned deployment of the newly introduced solar-powered street lights to replace the current ones across the state.

“Very soon, the good people of Ogun State will begin to see and feel the impact of this solution, National Daily Newspaper gathered.

We assure them of their security and safety in all parts of the state,” he said.