Ondo Rural Communities Get Solar Lights, Motorable Roads

By Ayodele Oni

Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, in effort to alleviate suffering of rural communities, has approved installation of 1600 solar-powered light and sinking of 54 boreholes for communities across the three senatorial districts of the state.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Community Engagement, (Ondo Central), Mr Oluwafemi Fadairo, disclosed this during an interactive session with Ondo State NUJ Correspondents’  chapel at a programme tagged the Platform on Thursday in Akure.

Fadairo, who explained that as part of his work to engage communities on behalf of the governor to identify what what was needed, said he and his other fellow appointees had identified their major needs and submitted the proposal to the governor which he had approved.

Fadairo disclosed that the governor is interested in investing more at the local level as he is also doing at the state because of the neglect of the people at the grassroots over the years.

“Governor Aiyedatiwa is doing well in alleviating the sufferings in the communities. He has been in the saddle of this government not up to a year. I believe his four years will surpass the eight years of some past administrations because he has a listening ear.

“The atmosphere in the state is calm because of his leadership by example. These are the things I have been able to do in the past two months as SSA community for the central.

“The governor also approved for the three SSA working for him in the north, south and central, 54 boreholes across the state to be supervised directly by our office towards the communities highlighted for him.

“He also approved 1600 solar lights across the three senatorial districts, that is the first phase.

The second phase comes when we are through with the first phase.

“We move round interfacing with them, communities and we noticed some common things in their requests like solar lights, good roads for transporting their commodities.

“They need the lights because of criminals that use the bush to perpetrate their work. Ours is to report back to the governor. Last two weeks, the ministry of water resources and my office got the  approval for the resuscitation of Owena Dam, and it is ongoing.

“We need to do something so that when we start our campaign, we have what to campaign with, so they wont say they are here again to cajole us to vote for them. These achievements will give them the courage to vote for us.”

Fadairo also used the opportunity to reveal that the governor had also approved 20 km of roads for each local governments in the state.

“The governor has approved construction of 20 km roads in each of the local governments. In the next few weeks a lot of activities will start in terms of road infrastructure in the state.

“I believe that is part of the trust the people should expect from their governor and he has not spent a year and he has shown the will and zeal to deliver to the people if re-elected again.”