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No Light No Pay: Lagosians Protest Poor Electricity Supply
April 9, 2014 – No Light No Pay: Lagosians Protest Poor Electricity Supply
Residents of Ojota area of Lagos state Nigeria yesterday staged a peaceful protest over poor power supply in the area.
The protesters moved in droves from one street to another in the area, carrying placards that read: “No light no pay; three weeks in total darkness, we will not pay; all Ojota residents should stop paying NEPA bill,” a placard read.
The protesters urged residents of the area to stop paying electricity bills until there was regular supply of electricity. Festus Okiyi, a protester, said that the poor electricity supply in the area was worrisome. “It is time we take our destiny into our hands. We will no longer tolerate that. If the new buyers of the electricity companies cannot improve the supply of light they should stop collecting money from members of the public,” he lamented.
A barber, who gave his name simply Muyiwa, said that he spent a lot of money on fuelling his generating set. He said that the last fuel scarcity almost grounded his business as he could not buy fuel.
Some of the streets affected by the epileptic power supply includes Roju Avenue, Gbadebo, Olabisi, Ogudu Road, Amao, Ogunletti, Olatunji and Emmanuel.
A similar protest was staged by residents of Ilupeju, where they advised residents not to pay electricity bill until there was improvement in supply.
When contacted, Ikeja Distribution Zone Public Relations Officer, Pekun Adeyanju, blamed the situation on the power generation company, stressing that they had a short fall of supply. “We don’t generate power; we only distribute what we have. Electricity is not something that we store in a place. Unfortunately we are at the receiving end.
“We got 328 megawatt instead of 937 megawatt to satisfy the consumers under our zone. We can’t stop people from protesting, but we call for their understanding.
“We also call for more power generation,” he said.
[The News]
Danjuma Datsu
April 8, 2014 at 11:57 PM
The privatization bid is even worse now am personally tired of the power problem
BEAM
April 9, 2014 at 1:16 AM
Go buy candle
BEAM
April 9, 2014 at 1:17 AM
Democracy worse pass military rule o o make military take over for sanity sake o o
mac green
April 9, 2014 at 6:40 AM
we dont need military or democracy . we need a ressonable person there . we need rescue , no security , no light , no job after years of suffering in school . why is there universities in Nigeria , youth we need to wake up. like libya . syria . and other african countries did . we need to put mind together to fight and die for Nigeria , for the betterness of our upcominng Generation so that they whill not grow with this kind of curse in this country . we need to kill those old fool up there . youth we need another leader. i am scared to come and liv in Naija , no body talk about Nigeria good anywhere .peace be unto us………….
fernandez
April 9, 2014 at 11:44 AM
@mac green… u r the first person thinking the way i am. this country is over due for a revolution. Just yesterday, the so-called power distribution company brought a stupendous bill of N2,313,000( two million, three hundred and thirteen thousand naira) to my workplace where we run generator for 22 hours a day. i was dumbfounded when i was given the bill to process cause just a day before, the company supplying us diesel brought their own bill and i discovered that we used more diesel last month than normal. So r we now paying for Darkness? we r here suffering and some old fools are been paid 4million to play scrabble. if na so, me sef sabi play scrabble and i am sure i can beat that man. Our youths should wake up and stop pinging and twitting nonsense issues. Instead, speak out against these old fools that think Nigeria is thier own property.
kc4life
April 9, 2014 at 4:26 PM
such as our 9ja leaders re bad so also is d everytin abt d nation is bad
Love
April 9, 2014 at 5:29 PM
Ooh how I wish na Abuja, I fo join Una protest too.every day I pay bill without seeing light. Throughout feb/march our transformer broke down and they brought regularly bills that we must all pay in our areas and we paid. I paid over 6,000 per month
This same thing had happened severally in our areas and we do pay with threats From NEPA or whatever thy are called
I live at phase two kubwa Abuja
I have never seen this kind of serious regular cheating as this. Each time I pay I almost cry.
Mae
April 9, 2014 at 9:19 PM
Military shd tak ova o…
MAJEK
April 9, 2014 at 10:28 PM
The only solution is to vote this useless government out come 2015.The worst government Nigerian ever have .2015 End of the road for GEJ.