Kabusa traders want govt to tackle road, electricity challenges

Traders in Kabusa, a community in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have identified deplorable road and epileptic power supply among challenges facing them. Some of the traders who spoke separately to Aso Chronicle said the poor state of roads that lead to the community affects the development of […]

Traders in Kabusa, a community in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have identified deplorable road and epileptic power supply among challenges facing them.
Some of the traders who spoke separately to Aso Chronicle said the poor state of roads that lead to the community affects the development of the community.
Yusuf Haruna, a trader, said he finds it difficult transporting his goods from the city centre to the community, adding that motorists take advantage of the bad road to extort money from residents through high fares.
Another trader selling kerosene, Oliver Jerry, said the road sometimes affects the supply of his kerosene, thereby affecting the profit he makes from his business.
Jerry also lamented poor power supply to the community describing it as “worrisome.”
He said lack of constant electricity has “paralysed” many businesses in the community.
Ifeoma Ejim, a businesswoman, said ECWA 2, an area in the community has been without light for a long time, adding that as a business person, she cannot even cool her soft drinks in her fridge.
 She said that in some areas in the community, the electricity transformer is faulty leaving the residents without light.
“When I relocated to the area, the issue was not like this but suddenly the situation changed. If there is steady power, it will boost business activities here,” she said.
John Mary, another trader said government should do more for the large number of people staying in the community.
“There are many people staying here especially civil servants because life is not expensive here. If you are here early in the morning you will be surprised with the high number of people leaving for their various places of work,” she said.
A transporter, Yemi Aliu while appealing to the government to look into the challenges facing the residents, said he takes his vehicle regularly to the mechanic due to the bad condition of the road.
“I don change my vehicle’s shock absorber up to five times this year alone. Is that normal?” he lamented in Pidgin Englsih