A DECADE OF DARKNESS: IRELE LGA, COMMUNITIES STILL GRAPPLE WITH 15 YEARS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY 

Posted By: Odogbo Network Media

For more than 14 years thousand of residents in IRELE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA of ONDO SOUTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT have lived without electricity. What began as a power outage has become a generational crisis affecting businesses, schools, health centers, and future of the youths.

According to a 2023 motion adopted by the House of Representative, communities in Irele LGA including Ode-Irele, Ode-Ajagba, Akotogbo, Iyesan, Ijuosun, Ode-Omi, Aturanse have been in total darkness for 14 years. 

Report from community leaders and the coalition of Irele Progressive Youth Movement in 2024 also listed Ode-Omi, Ajagba, Sabomi and many more communities as part of the affected areas, with some towns going 15 years without power due to faulty transformer and vandalization.

The Ondo State Government in 2023 officially declared Irele, Okitipupa, Ilaje and Ese-Odo LGA as unserved areas due to BEDC's failure to restore supply.

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE 

We have been using lanterns, candles and generators for 15 years. Our children cannot read at night. Businesses have died.  Small and medium businesses have closed due to the high cost running generators. Major employers like Oluwa Glass Industry and Okitipupa Oil Palm Mill have collapsed

Residents are calling on BEDC, TCN, NDDC, and the Federal and State Government to please priotize Irele LGA for urgent reconnection with the upcoming education and business

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