Amuwo Odofin residents lament persistent power outage

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(Nigeria) The Amuwo Odofin New Town Landlords Association in Mile 2, Lagos, on Wednesday condemned the persistent power outage in the community.
Mr Ade Uwas, the President of the association, told News Agency of Nigeria that there had been irregular power supply to the community since the January.
He said that residents had continued to receive outrageous bills in spite of the persistent outage.
“Despite the power outage, estimated bills are issued regularly which are higher than usual as if power is supplied 24 hours daily.
“This extortion is no more acceptable to the community, especially when officials refuse to use meter for billings and has become insensitive to genuine customer complaints.
“We thought that privatisation of the sector will remove all these burdens, but we are even experiencing worst power supply now,” he said.
Uwas said that when the Amuwo Transmission Station was upgraded, residents expected improved power supply, but the reverse was the case.
He said that business in the community had been crippled due to the persistent power outage.
“We are demanding that PHCN should provide the service for which it was established and stop extorting us.  We are ready to pay for the energy we consumed, but we will resist being forced to pay arbitrary bills,” he said.

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