The Gombe State Executive Council has approved over N1.4bn for the installation of solar-powered street lights along major roads in Gombe metropolis, as part of efforts to improve visibility, security and urban infrastructure in the state.
The approvals were among the decisions reached at the council’s 55th meeting, presided over by Governor Muhammadu Yahaya.
Briefing journalists after the meeting on Friday, the state Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Saidu Fawu, said the council ratified the procurement and installation of 198 solar-powered street lights along the four-kilometre road corridor from the Hajj Camp to the Brigadier Zakari Maimalari International Airport, including the airport’s internal roads.
He said the project was awarded at the cost of N400.467m.
Fawu said, “The council ratified the procurement and installation of 198 solar-powered street lights along the four-kilometre road corridor from the Hajj Camp to the Brigadier Zakari Maimalari International Airport, including the airport’s internal roads.”
