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Osun: Fire Destroy Property Worth N15.3bn in 2024

    Osun State Fire Service says property worth N15,308,651,017 were lost to fire outbreaks in the state between January and December 2024. The losses were recorded in the state fire service's annual ‘fire incident record,’ which the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) obtained on Friday in Oshogbo. According to the data, the state fire service received 103 fire outbreak calls in the year under review, and it attended to 16 additional non-fire-related calls. The data also reflected that the majority of the fire outbreaks took place in February and December when 20 fire outbreaks were recorded each. READ:  Soun appoints Rev Owoade as Palace Chaplain However, the highest property loss was recorded in December, with N12.580 billion in property lost to fire outbreaks. This was followed by the month of May when property worth N1.249 billion was destroyed during five recorded fire incidents. According to the data, seven persons died from the fire incidents, with one death recorded in ...
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Poor Power supply in Osun unacceptable, Adeleke Tells IBEDC



Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has called on the management of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company to urgently address the current irregular power supply in the state.

Adeleke, who made the demand at a meeting held with the management of the company in Ibadan, Oyo State, described the state as a critical stakeholder in the Nigerian power sector with Osogbo, the state capital, hosting the National Transmission Control Centre.

The governor said it was “unacceptable that the state will be having an epileptic power supply,” the situation he stressed has been affecting the local economy and businesses badly.

A statement by the spokesperson for the governor, Olawale Rasheed, on Saturday quoted Adeleke as saying, “Apart from the fact that power outages contribute to growing insecurity, there are also issues of extortion of customers through transformer procurement, estimated billing that exploits the consumers and inability of some residents of the state to buy energy due to the old metering system.

“To this effect, Osun is already working to enact the State’s Electricity System Law that will enable it to set up a Power Sector Regulatory Agency with a view to ensuring that people of Osun State are properly served within IBEDC franchise areas.

“As a government, we are already working to enact the Osun Electricity system law. We will be setting up a power sector regulatory agency. We will introduce off grid options and widen alternative energy sources.”

Responding, the Managing Director of IBEDC, Mr. Kingsley Achiefe, commended Adeleke for the interface, saying the firm was ready to collaborate with the government with a view to serving their customers better

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