Vandalism: Wike flags off Hybrid Solar Streetlight Project in Abuja

By Omeiza Ajayi

ABUJA: The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA connected Wednesday commenced the installation of integrated hybrid solar-powered streetlights crossed Abuja, a large task designed to tackle insecurity, extremity the epoch of acheronian successful the city, and chopped down connected recurring streetlight attraction costs.

Speaking astatine the flag-off of the inaugural successful Abuja, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, said the task became indispensable aft years of dense fiscal losses to vandalism, cablegram theft and politically-influenced contracts that near implicit 80 percent of the superior metropolis successful darkness.

Wike revealed that the Administration signed agreements successful Beijing successful 2024 with 2 Chinese firms – CGC and CCECC – to execute the project. According to him, 1 of the attractions of the caller strategy is its in-built information features that volition marque sabotage and vandalism astir impossible.

“When we came connected board, Abuja was astir 80 percent successful acheronian and insecurity was rising. Every week files came successful for streetlight maintenance, yet determination was nary light. It became a nightmare,” Wike said.

“This time, it won’t beryllium concern arsenic usual. The companies volition support the facilities for 4 to 5 years, and the surveillance exertion volition guarantee vandals and cablegram thieves are caught. No much excuses astir acheronian successful Abuja,” helium added.

The Minister stressed that the task volition not lone amended information crossed the metropolis but besides beautify Abuja up of its 50th day successful February 2026.

He warned those benefitting from erstwhile faulty attraction contracts to expect resistance, saying the Administration is determined to present uninterrupted thoroughfare lighting careless of governmental oregon societal backlash.

Also speaking astatine the event, the Minister of State for FCT, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, said the task represents much than conscionable illuminating streets.

“This task is astir safety, security, sustainability and work to residents. It volition beforehand renewable energy, trim Abuja’s c footprint, and enactment our Smart City Agenda to marque the superior a exemplary of sustainable municipality living,” Mahmoud noted.

She commended Wike for his bold enactment successful driving infrastructural reforms successful the territory, adding that the solar-powered lighting strategy volition straight amended the lives of residents and businesses crossed the city.

The project, expected to beryllium completed wrong 7 months, is 1 of the flagship programmes of the FCTA’s ongoing infrastructure renewal plan.

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