Obaseki replaces street lights not light up Auchi-Jattu Road - inhabitants react

By DADA AYOKHAI
 Inhabitants of Auchi and Jattu in Etsako West council area have frown against the use of language deployed  by the Edo State government that it has" lights up", to described the recent street lights in the area.
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The state government had set tongues wagging when, in a press statement issued in Benin, the Edo State capital,  said it has light up the Auchi- Jattu road saying the popular road now wears a new look.

Reacting to the development, some of the  ihabitants of Auchi and Uzairue axis , while expressing gratitude for the government efforts in lighting up the areas, noted that  street light project is not a new project in the area, rather, has being a part of the area since the inception of the  former Comrade governor Adam' Oshiomole's administration.

According to the respondents, the  streetlights on the Auchi-Jattu road was functional, stating that  its major drawback was that it relied heavily on the diesel generator which imposed a  huge maintenance cost on the government.

The Obaseki administration  after almost years of abandoning the street lights, brought the idea of convertion from diesel to a greener and cheaper energy source", one of the respondents said.

 According to the Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Energy and Electricity, Mr Stephen Uyiekpen, the solar powered streetlight project covers the entire stretch of the ever busy Auchi-Jattu road as well as the Jattu -Otaru - Polytechnic road.

Giving further technical details on the project, Mr Uyiekpen said the Jattu - Otaru- Polytechnic road, a 3. 3km stretch and beginning from the Polytechnic gate, boasts of 105 installed solar streetlights, while the Auchi - Jattu township road, 4. 9km stretch, has a total of 178 installed solar streetlights.

Uyiekpen added the LED lamps used in illuminating the road has a maximum life span of over five years, an equivalent of 50, 000 hours and 120 Watt capacity, adding the two year warranty by the contractor gives the government some respite in terms of both maintenance cost as well as optimal efficiency of the project

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