Ogun to clamp down on infrastructure vandals amid renewed electricity drive

The Ogun State Government has concluded plans to guardant a measure to the State House of Assembly aimed astatine strengthening ineligible measures and prescribing stiffer penalties against vandals of nationalist infrastructure crossed the state.

Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this portion hosting the Chairman of SIFAX Group, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, and the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, Mr. Deolu Ijose, astatine Oke Mosan, Abeokuta.

The politician expressed interest implicit the rising cases of vandalism of energy infrastructure, describing the inclination arsenic a large setback to economical maturation and work transportation successful the state.

According to Governor Abiodun, the activities of vandals person continued to undermine efforts aimed astatine improving energy supply, lamenting that respective nationalist assets, including streetlights installed on the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway from the Interchange, had been destroyed.

He described the demolition of energy facilities arsenic economical sabotage and a signifier of vigor theft that should pull terrible ineligible consequences, informing that anyone caught engaging successful specified acts would look the afloat value of the law.

“Yes, we cognize that vandalisation is an issue. When we constructed the Sagamu-Abeokuta Road, we installed streetlights on the full 4...