Mustafa Abubakar
13 November 2009
Ilorin — The remaining 105 rural communities that are yet to be connected in the ongoing electrification project in Kwara State will be connected before the end of December, the State Commissioner for energy has said.
Alhaji Zakari Muhammed told newsmen Wednesday in Ilorin that N1.2 billion was ear-marked by the State government for the project. He said 14 communities have been electrified in the first phase of the project.
The communities are in Ilorin East, Ifelodun and Oke-Ero local government councils of the state. He added that works has reached 95 per cent in 60 communities, 30 percent in 16 communities while work has just began in another 14 communities.
"The electrification of the 105 communities which is a joint project between the state government and the local government councils will be completed early December", the Commissioner said.
He said all communities across the 16 local government councils will be electrified before 2011.
He urged communities that have project below N10 million to forward their proposal to the ministry so that the state government could fund it.
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