L-R: The Director, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), Mr. Tunde Fayinka; Chairman, Sifax Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun and the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, IBDEC, Mr. Deolu Ijose, during the visit of the management team of the IBEDC and the Sifax Group to the Governor's Office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, on Thursday. Credit: Government house
The Ogun State Government has concluded plans to forward a bill to the State House of Assembly aimed at strengthening legal measures and prescribing stiffer penalties for vandals of public infrastructure across the state.
Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this while hosting the Chairman of SIFAX Group, Taiwo Afolabi, and the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, Mr Deolu Ijose, at Oke Mosan, Abeokuta.
The governor, in a statement on Friday, expressed concern over the rising cases of vandalism of electricity infrastructure, describing the trend as a major setback to economic growth and service delivery in the state.
Abiodun said the activities of vandals have continued to undermine efforts aimed at improving electricity supply, lamenting that several public assets, including streetlights installed along the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway from the interchange, had been destroyed.
