17th January, 2011
The inhabitants of Pacific Estate, Phase 1, Ewedogbon, Akesan, in Igando/Ikotun Local Council Development area, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have appealed to the state government to come to their aid in the area of infrastructure.
Representatives of the estate who spoke with P.M.NEWS made the request during a meeting held to thank Governor Babatunde Fashola for the 500 KVA transformer they recently received from the state government.
Chairman of the community, Mr. Adebayo Olayinka, said the residents appreciated the gesture but that the gift is yet to be completed as it has not been connected for the use of the community.
“We are happy that the government responded to our demand but we are appealing that they should also help us to energize it.
“Though at the community level we have been doing the little that we can do to fix the transformer, but due to the economic melt-down, we have to seek Governor Fashola’s assistance in putting the transformer to use,†he pleaded.
Chief Johnson O. Oluwaponmile, the vice chairman of the association, said apart from the electricity problem, the community is also faced with the challenges of bad roads and drainage channels in and around the estate.
Johnson said the little development that the community witnessed was through communal effort, as the local government in the area has never responded to the community’s demands, though they pay their taxes.
Alhaji Kehinde Ashafe, a member of the community and the association’s treasurer said over N1million had been spent on the road but whenever it rains, it is washed away.
Mr. Emmanuel Awolowo, the community’s financial secretary, highlighted other problems facing the community which include a public health centre, market, pipe-borne water and public schools.
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