Residents of Odo-Omun Community in Iseyin Local Government Area of Oyo State have commended Senator Buhari Abdulfatai for fulfilling his campaign promise to them by ensuring electrification of the entire community.
The commendations were showered on the legislator, following the existence of electricity got as a result of the donation of N3 million for the purpose of generating electricity supply to the area, after several years of staying in darkness.
In his appreciation message on behalf of residents, chairman of Odo-Omun community, Mr Odeleye Johnson, said a politician like Senator Buhari were very rare, while he confirmed that ‘with him, God is making life worthy of living for his constituents.’
Odeleye narrated that it had been years back that the community was disconnected and residents were living in darkness, as a result of poor transformer function from Barracks Community.
He added that many politicians and philanthropists were contacted for help in order to move out of the darkness, but till the time of writing this report, only Senator Buhari answered and assisted them with N3 million.
“That amount really helped us. It motivated us and it was the major amount committed to the project. We are all happy that today, we now have electricity,” Odeleye said.
He prayed to God to help to continue to elevate Senator Buhari so that more dividends of democracy could be enjoyed from ‘the God-fearing man.’
In his own reaction, a community leader and Ikolaba of Iseyin, Chief Ismail Odubiyi, thanked Senator Buhari for putting smiles on the faces of the generality of residents of Odo-Omun, Iseyin, while he described the lawmaker as a man of his words.