By Abdulrahman Abdullahi
Residents of Zuba, Anagada in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) groaned as a result of the current poor electricity supply posing a major problem for the community.
The residents who spoke to NatureNews said that the state of power moved from bad to worst during every rainy season, thereby affecting businesses and other aspect of their works.
A resident of Anagada, Isah Bilal said, for the past three days now, there was no power supply in his community.
“We have been in blackout for three days, which is not good for my business, I am a tailor and I need electricity to work often.”
Another resident of Zuba, John Chuks, expressed his dissatisfaction with the current power supply in their area.
“We use to have light at least 4 to 5 hours daily but now, it has gone from bad to worse, during this rainy season, once rain fall, it will be three days before we have power supply. This is sad, hence we still receive our bill.”
Aishat Ibrahim, a resident of Anagada stated that she relies on electricity power supply to earn her livelihood but with the current condition of power supply, she finds it difficult to earn for herself and children.
“I am a widow with four children whom I cater for. I have an electric grinding machine which I use to work. But now that supplying of power is poor, my business has been so much affected. Feeding my children is very hard now.
“I am pleading with the government to look into this power issue and ensure to fix it. Many of us rely on it as source of our daily income.” Ibrahim pleaded.