*** Demands immediate transfer of Regional, Area Managers away from Lokoja
By Amuda Dan Sulaiman Fab
No fewer than 2,000 aggrieved residents of Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State, have protested the poor electricity supply to the area by Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, sending a Save-Our-Soul, SOS, to the Minster of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, over their plight.
The protesters led by Iliyasu Zakari and Ibrahim Shuaibu Nuhu, lamented that they had been experiencing unending power outages in the area for over one month.
They displayed placards with inscriptions such as “AEDC, give us light”, “We are tired of no supply of light in Geregu, Danladi must go”, “Adelabu, please prevail on AEDC to give us regular light”,
According to them, “AEDC should give us light when the step down in Zango has light, instead of giving us light for several hours a day. The break-down of light supply for now is 10 am to 2 pm and 11 pm to 2 am per feeder.”
They pleaded with the minister to “call NERC to order for not calling the AEDC to order over the unending power disruption in Lokoja.”
The protesters said it was sending the SOS through the media to the Power minister because they were finding it difficult to get to him, lamenting that efforts at reaching the minister had been fruitless.
They said: “We want the minister to call NERC to order so that NERC can call AEDC to order and restore stable light to us. We implore the minister to verify our claims. We have consistently prevailed on NERC to call AEDC to order to no avail. That is why we are sending our SOS through various madia organizations to the minister so that he would prevail on NERC to order AEDC to supply power to our area, instead of giving us flimsy excuses that they are not making money from the town. This is a surprise to us as we are paying our bills.
“We are surprised at the company excuses and for NERC to allow such excuse when so many of us are being ripped off with over billing.
“We urge AEDC to find a way of dealing with debtors of electricity bills in the area instead of giving us light for only four hours daily.”
In the protest letter submitted presented by Yabagi Muhammed, to a management staff of the AEDC, they demanded for the immediate transfer of both the Regional and Area Managers and regular Power Supply within 24 hours.
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