Business
Traders, Others Decry Poor Electricity Supply In PH
Traders and electricity
consumers within Borikiri, Port Harcourt metropolis in Rivers State, have been lamenting over the epileptic power supply in the area in recent time.
The traders in a random interview with The Tide correspondent in Port Harcourt, over the weekend, said that business activities have been paralysed following incessant power failure by the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED).
According to them, the monthly bill does not tally with what thy derive from the power distribution company, adding that time will come when they would be forced to embark on public protest or refusal to pay the electricity bill.
They reiterated that those dealing on perishable goods and liquor are mostly affected as they either purchase ice-blocks, go to cold-rooms or buy fuel and diesel to power their plants for their business.
“It is embarrassing and an act of fraud that after spending money to buy fuel and power our plants to do our business, the so-called men of the electricity company will come and demand payment for electricity bill they did not supply. That is day time robbery, fraud and an act that is condemnable by all right thinking citizens of this country,” one of the respondents opined.
A liquor trader, Madam Eunice Hart said, “There are no customers because the few that came had to leave because they wanted chilled drinks and my generator cannot carry my two fridges that contain the drinks and the chewables. “It is really a problem and we hope government intervenes.
Ms Ibiene Stephens of IB Restaurant, also lamented that she cannot preserve her perishable items used in preparing delicacies for her customers since there is no steady electricity supply.
According to her, the constant power failure in the area had been a great challenge to her business.
A petty trader Clara Omuaru, was full of predicaments as her small business is gradually collapsing because of the incessant power failure in the area.
“I cannot sell my drinks even the pure water that used to give me some money to feed with my family and only God know’s how we are going to survive.
A resident, Onyeama Samuel Dike, posited that power failure in Port Harcourt and its environs is becoming something else that if nothing is done could lead to anarchy as the masses would have no option than to embark on a peaceful protest since they are privatised.
Collins Barasimeye
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