Business
Artisans Decry Poor Power Supply
Worried by the poor
power supply which has adversely affected their businesses, some artisans have cried out over the development.
A refrigerator repairer who operates his business at Accra Street in the Port Harcourt township, Mr Kitoye Dede, who spoke to our correspondent yesterday said “this is the season that my business flourishes” but unfortunately, power was not forth coming.
He said many people bring jobs for him to do but the issue of power outage has worked against him.
According to him, he has problems meeting his domestic obligations as the development has been worrisome inspite of the fact that they always pay their electric bills.
For Moses Chukwu, an auto-electrician, generating power for his business has been a problem from late last year till date.
He said he could no longer buy fuel for his generator as business has fallen.
He said most times he collects jobs and give to others who have the capacity to generate power even as he said such arrangements leaves him with little or nothing to go home with.
For John Dibia, a male hair-dresser, the story was the same as most customers according to him have stopped patronising him.
He said he could not even service his generator for the past two months due to the development.
However, efforts to speak with the manager at the Aggrey road Port Harcourt Power Distribution Company was not successful as at the time of going to press.
Business
Kenyan Runners Dominate Berlin Marathons
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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