BEDC, please, give Ogwashi-Ukwu light

We the residents of Ogwashi-Ukwu in Aniocha South Local Govt Area of Delta State no longer understand the offence or sin we have committed that Benin Electricity Distribution Company have refused to supply us power. The most annoying part of the whole situation is that after asking us the residents to contribute money to buy […]

We the residents of Ogwashi-Ukwu in Aniocha South Local Govt Area of Delta State no longer understand the offence or sin we have committed that Benin Electricity Distribution Company have refused to supply us power.

The most annoying part of the whole situation is that after asking us the residents to contribute money to buy or fix transformers, they would still be giving us estimated bills for power supply not consumed. As I am writing this letter now, some communities like Ishekpe Quarters and Isah Road Area of Ogwashi-Ukwu have not seen power supply because Benin Electricity Distribution Company is expecting them to contribute money for them to fix the transformer.

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The most annoying part of the whole thing is that despite these corporate extortion a.k.a, estimated bills, all our petitions to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission have fallen on deaf ears as the regulatory commission has refused to intervene on our plights so many businesses are folding up because they depend on electricity as they afford the high price of fuel to sustain their businesses.

Ogwashi-Ukwu happens to be the capital of Aniocha South Local Govt Area Of Delta State where the Delta State Polytechnic Ogwashi-Ukwu is located. You could see students of the polytechnic who are supposed to be resting after lectures going around looking for where to charge their phones at night which is a threat to their lives because they could either be robbed or their girls raped because of the wickedness of Benin Electricity Distribution Company that has refused to give power supply to the community.

We are using this avenue to appeal to the Ministry of Power to intervene, otherwise we would stage a protest against the Benin Electricity Distribution Company in Ogwashi-Ukwu Delta State.

Feyisetan Akeeb Kareem wrote via [email protected]