The community of Araromi-Okeodo, situated in the Ife-South Local Government Area of Osun State, experienced widespread jubilation as electricity was supplied to the town for the first time in 91 years.
Residents of this agrarian community gathered in large numbers over the weekend to celebrate this historic moment, with many describing it as the “miracle of the century.”
The monarch of the town, Oba Abbas Akanbi, the Alara of Araromi-Okeodo, led his chiefs and subjects to the off-grid location of the 50-kilowatt energy firm responsible for the supply of power during its inauguration.
Oba Akanbi told newsmen that the he did not believe that power supply would be possible in his lifetime.
“We have heard several stories about power supply to the community, which never came true, and even when we were told of this solar power plant, we thought it was another fake promise.”
