Asaba residents lament impact of power failure

By -
(Nigeria) Businessmen and women in Asaba, Delta State and its environs have lamented the negative impact of the current power failure in the area on their businesses.
They lamented the situation in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Asaba on Sunday.
Mrs Stella Obinna, a dealer in drinks, said she had been experiencing low patronage because she could no longer chill her drinks, pointing out that customers preferred cold drinks.
Obinna said that the cost of running the business had gone higher because she now relied on the use of generator to power her deep freezers that chilled the drinks.
Mr Usman Aliu, a tailor, said that the incessant power failure had affected his business because he needed electricity for operating his sewing machines and ironing.
Aliu also said that he now made use of generators to power his tool so as not to disappoint customers.
The tailor lamented that even when the cost of making the clothes had increased, he could not give extra charges.
“I am now the one bearing the brunt of the prolonged power failure because no customer wants to take it as an excuse for disappointing him or her,” he said.
Aliu said that at times, he resorted to the use of manual sewing machines which slowed down the rate of his production.
Aliu said that it was disappointing to be receiving electricity bills from the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, when there was no electricity supplied.
A barber, Mr Ikenna Azubike, said that the situation had affected his business because he now depended entirely on generator to work.
 “I hate breaking half way to switch on my generator so as to continue barbing; these days the light trips off as soon as it comes. So, there is no need switching off at all, he said.
Azubike said that because of the situation he now charged N300 instead of N200, but his customers had been complaining over the increase. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

UBTH @50: Obaseki hails institution’s role in strengthening Edo healthcare

By -
Image
(Nigeria) Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has commended the staff and management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, for their unwavering commitment, dedication, and hard work in providing high-quality healthcare services to the people of Edo State and Nigeria in the past fifty years. Obaseki, at a dinner organized in honour of the Committee of Chief Medical Directors of Nigeria, at the Government House, Benin City, reassured the government’s continuous partnership and collaboration with the federal government-owned health institution to strengthen the health system and ensure quality health delivery to Edo people. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Philip Shaibu, reeled out the gains of the government’s reforms in the health sector, commending the medical centre for bolstering the government’s efforts at transforming Edo State into a health hub. He said, "We came into a wilderness where you have to cut a part for yourself and fix it. We held...
Read more

Osun: S'Court ruling affirmed power resides with the people - Diri

By -
Image
*Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri (Nigeria) Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the ruling of the country’s apex court on the Osun State governorship election was an affirmation that power in a democracy resided with the people. Governor Diri, while congratulating Senator Ademola Adeleke in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, on Wednesday, expressed joy that the Supreme Court sealed the mandate freely given to the governor by the Osun people. The Bayelsa governor also said the verdict reflected the current mood of the country where those whose stock-in-trade is to promote electoral violence and subvert the will of the people have no place in our electoral system. He expressed the hope that introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, will instil more confidence in the electoral process, urging the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to deepen Nigeria’s democracy by also introducing electronic votin...
Read more

NBC has no powers to impose fine on broadcast stations --Court

By -
Image
(Nigeria) The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, has been restrained by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, from imposing fines on broadcast stations in the country. Trial judge in the matter, Justice James Omotosho also set aside the N500,000 fines imposed on March 1, 2019, on each of 45 broadcast stations. The court made the orders in its judgment a suit by the Incorporated Trustees of Media Rights Agenda, MRA, which had sued the NBC. Justice Omotosho held that the NBC, not being a court of law, had no power to impose sanctions as punishment on broadcast stations. The court further held that the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, which gives the commission the power to impose sanction, is in conflict with Section 6 of the Constitution that vested judicial power in the court of law. He said the court would not sit idle and watch a body imposing fine arbitrarily without recourse to the law. He said that the commission did not comply with the law when it sat as a complainant and at...
Read more