In a bid to keep up with the tag Luxury Kebbi, the Governor of Kebbi State, Dr Nasir Idris has light up the Birnin Kebbi, the state capital with Solar powered Street Light.
In statement by the Commissioner of Information and Culture, Yakubu Ahmed BK disclosed how the Kebbians have wallowed in self-pity because they lacked street lights.
He expressed happiness over the light up as the state have longed for street lights having seen it in other state and on television.
‘They used to be a luxury (a distant luxury at that) for the people of Kebbi state. It’s something which we covet but only see when we travel to other state capitals or we see on the TV. Without street lights adorning a state capital, non is a capital in the real sense of it. We had wallowed in self-pity because we lacked them’ he said.
The Commissioner who revealed that the street light will cover the entire city said that the governor’s street light initiative is welcoming while reminding the people of Kebbi that they have gotten it right.
” Governor Nasir Idris has conquered that desire such that no street worth the name in Birnin Kebbi is without it. Its ongoing but you can see that the intent is to cover the entire city… and of course the entire state.
It looks so good, so enticing, so beautiful, so welcoming, so awesome and so unbelievable that I just couldn’t resist the urge to joyfully snap away this afternoon.
A reminder that Kebbi has gotten it right this time” he added.
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