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How Solar Street Lights Bring Positive Change in the Environment

The provision of street lights is a useful public infrastructure that facilitates smooth navigation in the absence of natural light. One way of containing the ill effects of climate change is by switching over to energy-efficient LED solar lights. These absorb solar energy when the sun is out and convert it into usable electrical energy. Doing so repeatedly each day enables a solar street light to shed power during the nights. The light-emitting diode (LED) makes these lamps a practical alternative as they work on minimal current and last longer. As sunlight disappears, the energy conversion process comes to a halt, and the LED lamp relies on its battery for power supply. A viable alternative to traditional street lights is the solar-powered ones as the latter are environment-friendly. By ...

ICPC: How Kwara top shots hijacked public solar street lights for their residences

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission has ordered the relocation of solar street lights from private residents in Ilorin, Kwara State. Newsmen reports that ICPC uncovered the sighting of solar street lights in private residents of some highly placed individuals in Ilorin. Newsmen report that ICPC is tracking over 250 projects worth N4.1 billion in its second phase of constituency and executive projects executed between 2015 and 2019 across the state. Aminu Bala, the Team Leader of the constituency projects tracking operatives of ICPC, told newsmen on Monday that the anomalies were discovered in the highbrow Agric Settlement along Old Jebba Road and Oloje Federal Housing Estate, Ilorin. The solar street lights, according to the ICPC tracking operatives, are...