Abuja Residents Decry Inequitable Power Distribution

Many residents of the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja have decried the inequitable distribution of power to their homes and business premises.

The residents appealed to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) to ensure that the current load shedding is done fairly.

They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday that they have not had electricity for almost five consecutive days.

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The poor power supply or blackouts in some parts of the Territory had lingered for almost two months.

AEDC chief marketing officer, Mr Donald Etim, in a statement issued in Abuja on March 4, had attributed the poor supply to its franchise areas to low power generation from the national grid.

“The AEDC wishes to inform our customers in Kogi, Niger, Nasarawa and the FCT that the current low and unstable supply of electricity to homes and businesses is as a result of low power generated to the national grid.

“In recent weeks, the level of power generated and served to the national grid for onward delivery to customers has been abysmally low,” Etim said.

Electricity consumers residing in Nyanya, Lugbe, Kubwa , Prince and Princess Estate, Area 3, Gaduwa and environs told NAN that they have not had light for days.

According to them, inspite of the load-shedding, some areas have constant power supply, while other areas dont have at all.

Mr Peter Otabor, a Pharmacist residing in Gaduwa Estate said “we know AEDC is load-shedding light but they should ensure that it is equitably distributed to all”.

Otabor said that for close to two days, there was no light in the estate but other areas had light.

“I know there is low power supply currently on in the country, so if they want to give us light for two hours, so be it, I dont like a situation where some will have and others don’t have,” he said.

Mrs Juliet Okojie, who resides at Prince and Princess Estate, Gudu, also coroborated what Otabor said.

Okojie said that the little power available should go round everybody.

Mr Eramus Okon, a banker who resides at Area 3, decried the poor power supply to the area, saying it had worsened in the last two months.

Okon said, “we have only had light four times for few hours in the last three weeks”, a situation he said had affected his daily routine.

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“You know I am a banker and I close late from work, I only cook once a week every Saturday but with this light situation, I cannot do that.

“I am appealing to AEDC to give us light even for two or three hours a day,” he said.