Following the reconnection of his town to national grid after over a decade of perpetual power outage, prominent traditional ruler in Ekiti State and the Onijan of Ijan Ekiti, Oba Adebanji Aladesuyi, has lauded Governor Biodun Oyebanji for the landmark initiative.
Similarly, Chairman of Gbonyin Local Government Area, Oluwadamilare B. Ajayi, has applauded the state government for reconnecting all the entire towns and cities in the LCDA and Aiyekire to the national grid after many years of darkness.
Ajayi described the governor’s gesture as salutary noting that Governor Oyebamiji is a people’s governor and a promise keeper.
The traditional ruler stated that restoring electricity to the community and other towns in Gbonyin council would reinforce economic activities as well as shoring up security of lives and property.
Governor Oyebanji, on Wednesday, restored electricity to Ijan Ekiti and the entire Gbonyin council area that had been in total darkness since 2010 to bolster economic activities in the area.
Applauding the governor for bringing his promise to fruition, Oba Aladesuyi, in a statement he personally signed, commended Governor Oyebanji for being truly people-centric in actions and deeds.
He stated that a lot of promises were made by preceding governments to restore electricity supply to the area after the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) disconnected the area for inexplicable reasons, saying the situation has further buoyed and rekindled people’s hope in Oyebanji-led government.
The monarch, who ascended the throne a year ago, bemoaned how power outages had negatively impacted business activities across Gbonyin LGA thereby spiking poverty and insecurity.
Oba Aladesuyi stressed that the reconnection would increase people’s economic consciousness and bring an upswing in business activities that have become comatose, so that they can be more contributory to the growth of Ekiti’s economy.
“Governor Oyebanji’s action has energised our hopes that the days of kidnapping and killing spree have gone. Those hiding under the cover of darkness to terrorise our people will no longer have a field day as they used to.”
The LCDA chairman noted that with this new development, he was convinced that the entire people in both Gbonyin local government and Aiyekire would give Governor Oyebamiji a rousing support and continued loyalty.