Adeola Releases Funds to Restore Electricity to Ogun Waterside, Other Ogun East Communities
Senator Solomon Adeola has released funds for the commencement of a re-electrification project aimed at restoring electricity to more than 50 communities in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area and parts of Ogun East Senatorial District that have remained without power supply for over a decade.
The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday by the senator’s Media Adviser, Chief Kayode Odunaro, who said contractors handling the project had been mobilised following the release of funds.
According to the statement, the project is in fulfilment of Adeola’s pledge to restore electricity to the affected communities using his personal resources after learning that they had been in darkness for more than 10 years due to the vandalisation of critical electricity infrastructure.
Communities to benefit from the intervention in Ogun Waterside include Onikintimbo, Gbegude, Olorunsogo, Malofe, Itebu-Manuwa, Mile 3 and 4, Igede, Oni, Alo, Olojumeta, Ibiade, Agodo, Tigara, Igbafo, Ilushin, Agbure, Efire, Lomiro, Obu, Ayede, Abigi, Ayila, Ita Ogun, Ita Otu, Makun Omi, Igbo Edu, Ode Omi and Awodikora, among others.
The project also extends to Ijebu East Local Government Area, covering J3 Junction, Mafowoku, Trianger, Fowoseje, Fotedo, Itapanpa, Denurin, Malara, Terelu, Toliwo, Uba, Ebute Imobi, Oki Igbode, Itasin, Araromi, Togunselu and Orita J4.
Adeola said he was moved to undertake the intervention after discovering that the affected communities had enjoyed electricity in the past but had remained in darkness for years because they lacked the resources to replace vandalised infrastructure.
“I was disturbed to learn that a vast area of my state has been thrown into darkness for over a decade with all the negative implications for socio-economic development and standard of living. It is not everything that we leave for government with limited resources at all levels to do. So, I made a pledge to re-electrify these communities,” he said.
During a meeting with the lead contractor and the representative of Ogun Waterside State Constituency, Hon. Lawal Samusideen Adekunle, the senator urged the contractor to expedite work to ensure the affected communities are reconnected to the national grid as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, the initiative has attracted commendation from the Ogun Waterside Patriotic Forum, which, in a letter dated June 20, 2026, expressed appreciation to the senator for facilitating the restoration of electricity to the area.
The letter, jointly signed by the Ojutumoro of Abigi and Chairman of the Ogun Waterside Council of Obas, Oba Olusegun Ogunye; former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abiodun Abudu Balogun; former Commissioner for Education, Prof. Segun Awonusi; Chairman of Ogun Waterside Local Government, Hon. Adetoye Odunoiki; and Engineer Afolabi Ganiyu, described the project as one that would revive economic activities and improve the quality of life in the affected communities.
“This is more than electricity; it is the restoration of dignity and economic life,” the forum stated
PRESS RELEASE
SENATOR ADEOLA’S FULFILS PROMISED RE-ELECTRIFICATION OF OGUN WATERSIDE AND PARTS OF OGUN EAST
In pursuit of fulfilling his promise for the restoration of light to over 50 communities and settlements of Ogun Waterside LGA and other parts of Ogun East Senatorial District that had been thrown into darkness for over a decade, Senator Solomon Adeola, the APC consensus governorship candidate for Ogun State 2027 governorship race, has release fund for the commencement of work to bring light to these communities.
The senator as part of his philanthropic gesture has promised to re-electrify Ogun Water Side communities and other part of Ogun East Senatorial District from his personal resources running to hundreds of million naira during one of his consultative visits to the area two weeks back.
Over the weekend, funds were transferred to the contractors mobilized for the for the project that covers such diverse communities as Onikintimbo, Gbegude, Olorunsogo, Malofe, Itebu-Manuwa, Mile 3 and 4, Igede, Oni, Alo, Olojumeta, Ibiade, Agodo, Tigara, Igbafo, Ilushin, Camps and Agbure. Others are Efire, Lomiro, Obu, Ayede, Abigi, Ayila, Itebu-Manuwa, Ita Ogun, Ita Otu, Makun Omi, Igbo Edu, Ode Omi and Awodikora.
The re- electrification project also extends to Ijebu East LGA where communities of J3 Junction, Mafowoku, Trianger, Fowoseje, Fotedo, Itapanpa, Denurin, Malara, Terelu, Toliwo, Uba, Ebute Imobi, Oki Igbode, Itasin, Araromi ,Togunselu and Orita J4.
Speaking on his philanthropic gesture Senator Adeola said he was worried to learn that all these communities enjoyed electricity over 10 years ago but were thrown into darkness as a result of vandalization of critical infrastructure that communities were not able to replace.
“I was disturbed to learn that a vast area of my state has been thrown to darkness for over a decade with all the negative implications for socio-economic development and standard of living. It is not everything that we leave for government with limited resources at all levels to do. So, I made a pledge to re-electrify these communities” he stated.
During his meeting with the focal contractor and the representative of the area, Hon. Lawal Samusideen Adekunle(Ogun Waterside State Constituency), Senator Adeola urged the contractor to complete the job at the earliest possible time frame stressing that it will be a thing of great joy for him to receive report of light up in Ogun Waterside of Ogun State.
The gesture of the Senator has not gone unnoticed or unappreciated as a group. Ogun Waterside Patriotic Forum has written a letter of appreciation for the incipient restoration of electricity to Ogun Waterside.
In a letter to the Senator dated 20th June, 2026 and jointly signed by His Royal Majesty, Oba Olusegun Ogunye, Ojutumoro of Abigi and Chairman Ogun Waterside Council of Obas, Hon. Abiodun Abudu Balogun, former House of Representative member and former Ogun State commissioner for Environment, Professor Segun Awonusi, former Ogun State commissioner of Education and former Vice Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu Ode, Hon Adetoye Odunoiki, the Executive Chairman of Ogun Waterside Local Government and Engineer Afolabi Ganiyu, the forum stated that “ We write to express our profound gratitude to you for facilitating the restoration of electricity to our communities after more than a decade of total darkness. Upon completion and delivery, students can read at night, artisans can return to work, cold rooms will be functioning again and our communities will bounce back to life. This is more than electricity; it is restoration of dignity and economic life”.
Signed:
Chief Kayode Odunaro
Media Adviser to Senator Adeola CON
5th July, 2026
