The Residents of Awoyaya in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, have called on the management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company, EKEDC, to move swiftly in providing a lasting solution to the grave situation of the supply of electricity by a bad transformer.
According to them, the epileptic power supply has grounded economic and social activities in the area, leading to the closure of several small and medium scale businesses.
One of the residents in the area, Mrs Folashade Atinuke, was interviewed by Vanguard. Here’s what she had to say:
Honestly, we are fed up with the palliative repairs of the transformer. These measures have not brought about the needed solution.
This is totally unfair.
The transformer in question has been serving this area for a very long time when about 20 percent of the present population lived here. What we need is a replacement, because each time they come to repair the transformer, it normally does not work for more than two weeks.