By George OPARA
Abuja residents who live at Lugbe, Airport Road, Gaduwa and parts of Apo in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have continued to persevere the discomfort rooted in power outage following the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) affirmed there would be a two-day blackout.
Spear News findings showed that the AEDC in a circular had notified residents of the areas a planned two-day outage to last for Saturday and Sunday, May 9 and 10 respectively.
Also, the firm had explained that the outage was at the request of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCTA) to enable the relocation of critical electricity infrastructure along the 33kV feeders H21 and H23, as well as the 11kV feeder H1A in the Gaduwa District.
Yet, by Tuesday morning, Spear News learnt many residents said power had yet, to come back to the communities, living conditions unbelievable upon a scorching heat and uptick in fuel costs.
A resident of Lugbe described the situation as frustrating and saddening told Spare News that the lack of electricity had made life unbearable.
He said, “This government promised us light. I believe Nigeria as a country can give its citizens 24-hour light.
“I don’t know why we don’t have light for the past two to three days now, it doesn’t make any sense. It’s very saddening.
“Residents had expected electricity supply to be restored quickly after the two days, noting that power had not been restored as of Tuesday morning.
“We thought they would restore the light. Sunday passed, Monday passed, and now we still don’t know what is happening. I work online and I also run a business.
“How am I supposed to survive?” he asked.
In retrospect, he questioned the essence of paying taxes amid worsening services across different sectors of the nation’s economy.
“When I pay tax, I expect good roads, water and light. But now it feels like I’m just giving out money, and nothing is working for me,” he added.
But reliable sources analysing the situation said, “His frustration mirrors growing complaints of residents in Gaduwa and parts of Apo, who have been venting anger over poor electricity supply and repeated outages.
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