Dickson Restores Electricity To Community

Power supply has been restored to Azikoro community in Yenagoa Local Government  Area of Bayelsa State, two years after supply to the village was disrupted.

Electricity supply to the community was cut-off when the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) could not repair or replace a damaged transformer in the town.

Residents of the community had two weeks ago, embarked on a peaceful protest to the PHCN office in Yenagoa, over the lingering power outage in the town.

Announcing the restoration of power to the community, its Deputy Paramount Ruler, Chief Napoleon Ike, said that it was made possible by the intervention of the state governor, Chief Seriake Dickson.

He disclosed that the governor provided five transformers to the community and ensured that they were installed and made functional.

“Our new governor is God-sent. He has removed us from the darkness we have been experiencing in the past two years.“It was an agonising period for our people and the condition remained so in spite of several appeals and representations we made to the local and state governments before the new governor emerged,’’ Ike said.

He commended the governor for giving attention to rural development and pledged the community’s support for his administration’s transformation agenda.

A resident in the community, Mr Ngo Charles, recalled that the people had suffered much inconveniences while the power outage lasted.

Charles said that some people spent an average of N500 daily, on fuelling generators to enable them to preserve food, adding that the power restoration was a great relief.