Hon. Adamu Hashimu Ranga, the lawmaker representing Ningi/Warji Federal Constituency, promised to end three years of darkness in Warji Local Government when he flagged off a re-electrification project in April. But five months later, the project is not captured in the 2025 budget, and the community remains in blackout.
Warji is currently the only LGA in the State that has endured three years of total darkness and the hope to have the power restored remains dashed.
WikkiTimes has observed that the collapse of the electricity in the area has stagnated economic, educational, and social progress in the agrarian community.
While flagging off the project earlier in April, Hon. Ranga promised to restore electricity to Warji within three weeks. He said IRS Engineering Ltd would handle the work. “As a son of Warji, I know the importance of electricity to our people,” he told a jubilant crowd. Engr. Idris Yakubu, introduced as the company’s representative, pledged to deliver a quality project. But five months later, residents remain in darkness.
Documents reviewed by WikkiTimes show the re-electrification project was not captured in the 2025 federal budget. A National Assembly insider disclosed that Hon. Ranga lobbied to have it inserted in a supplementary budget in July.
However, the period has elapsed and there is no sign yet of presenting the 2025 supplementary budget to the national assembly.
Even the company at the heart of the project, IRS Engineering which identifies its address at Suite A3, Bensima House, Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama, Abuja, it does not have an office there.
When WikkiTimes sent a contact to verify, the address turned out to be a lawyer’s office — not an engineering firm. “I went there myself, took photos, and found no contractor. It’s just a law chamber,” said Comrade Usman Shuaibu, a Warji resident and social analyst.
However, Engr Yakubu told WikkiTimes that the office belongs to his lawyer and he maintains it for his operation.
When asked about delays earlier in June, Hon. Ranga blamed sabotage, theft of wires, and rainfall. He disclosed that vigilantes arrested two suspects who were later released.
He claimed to have spent personal money to buy fuel needed for installation, and to feed the engineers.
“If not for sabotage, Warji would have had power before Eid al-Kabir,” he told WikkiTimes.
WikkiTimes reached to the lawmaker recently with calls, SMS and WhatsApp messages but have gone unanswered. For Warji’s residents, the darkness may last for a longer time than they anticipated.
