Ebonyi Residents Lament EEDC Failure To Restore Light All Over The State, 48 Hours After NLC Called Off Strike

Residents of Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital and it’s environs have lamented the failure of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company EEDC to restore electricity supply to the State, 48 hours after the Organized Labour called off it’s industrial actions on Tuesday.

Some of the residents lamented that states like Enugu, Imo, Abia and other parts of Nigeria had their light restored on Tuesday shortly after the strike was called off and wondered why the electricity Distribution company is yet to restore light in the entire Ebonyi State.

The residents expressed sadness that between Monday 2nd June 2024 that the supply was cut off, till today Thursday 26th June 2024, they have lost billions of Naira and called on the relevant authorities to ensure that light is restored to the State as soon as possible.

A resident and business owner at the Abakaliki Timber Market, Mr. Chidi Ifejioba said, I don’t know if Ebonyi is not part of the States in the country, why would people always look down on us?. Organized Labour called off the industrial actions on Tuesday and that same Tuesday, EEDC restored light to Enugu same day, there is Light in Imo State and other States of the country but today is Thursday, there is no sign of light anywhere in Ebonyi State.

“Are we in Ebonyi not part of the electricity consumers?. We spend thousands of naira to run generator to remain in business and many of us who can’t cope had to shutdown waiting for EEDC to restore light. The strike is becoming more harm than good to residents and I am of the opinion that those handling electricity supply should not join in the strike action again.

Another resident and a printer, Chief Emeka Obiora called on the Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru to urgently intervene and ensure that EEDC restores light to the State.

“I am a printer, there are many jobs there to print and I have already collected advance payment from my customers. We had already concluded on the price believing that I will run the machine on public power supply, now am constrained. How much fuel am I going to use to run the machine for 5 days.

“Everybody in the State is now affected. Millions are lost each day electricity Distribution company cuts off the light, now think of cutting of supply for 4 days now. It’s so disheartening. The unfortunate thing is that only Ebonyi State is affected. The management of the company is not even giving us any hope.

The residents solicited the support of the State Government to urgently intervene to address the unfortunate issue before residents beings to get so much agitated.