Residents of the Lokoja Native Authorities Space within the Kogi State capital have marched to the Abuja Electrical energy Distribution Firm, AEDC, space workplace to current their complaints on the fixed energy outage and epileptic energy provide within the State.
The aggrieved residents requested the corporate to expedite motion on poor provide, as the shortage of energy was crippling companies within the state.
The protesters, who had been led by the chairman of a strain group beneath the aegis of ‘Mild up Motion’ Mallam Illiasu Zakari, lamented that that they had been experiencing outages earlier than the celebration of Christmas and New 12 months to the current time, and AEDC did nothing about it.
The group additionally demanded an finish to outrageous billing by the AEDC within the State.
The group added, “Failure to right the abnormalities or complaints enumerated will depart us with no alternative however to mobilize for the subsequent part of those calls for. Sufficient of AEDC surcharging us and placing the motion in dangerous gentle within the minds of the general public whereas reneging on all agreements reached in earlier engagements.”
They displayed placards with inscriptions corresponding to: “We’re uninterested in frequent energy outages, epileptic energy provide in Lokoja and its environs”, “AEDC ought to give us gentle to spice up our financial fortunes within the state”, and “Cease the outrageous billings”.
One of many protesters, Inuwa Isa, mentioned electrical energy was not all the time obtainable, even earlier than the celebration of Christmas and New 12 months, as residents had been all the time left in darkness.
The Space Supervisor of AEDC in Lokoja, Emmanuel Ajibogun, who attended to the offended residents, counseled the protesters for his or her peaceable conduct and promised to look into their grievances.
He disclosed {that a} spherical desk dialogue might be held with the management of the neighborhood as quickly as potential.
Probably the most affected are residents, iron fabricators, petty merchants, eating places and bars, and sachet water sellers who complained of poor gross sales.