PHED Restores Power To Okehi, Igbodo

Electricity supply has
been restored in Igbodo community and Okehi, headquarters of Etche local government area of Rivers State.
Igbodo and Okehi were amongst the communities that suffered several months outage due to the damaged poles at Ulakwo community, also in Etche.
Some residents of Okehi who spoke with our correspondent expressed joy over the restoration of electricity in the area.
Sampson Okoroafor, a businessman said, it had been a lot of frustration since the damaged poles threw the communities into darkness.
“Social life and businesses suffered during the period and it was compounded by the fuel scarcity which added more stress as one could not get fuel to power generation.”
Okorofor commended authorities of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) and all those who contributed towards restoration of the light.
Also reacting, Mrs Jane Amadioha said, it was not easy for the residents considering the importance of electricity. The area during the blackout was a mere shadow of the council headquarters one used to know before. I thank the power distribution company for coming to the aid of the people at last.”
The Tide investigation showed that Okehi and Igbodo communities were linked up from Mba, a neighbouring community and that Akwukabi and Ulakwo communities are still suffering the outage.
Christian Emeka, a resident of Ulakwo told The Tide that people in the affected areas still suffer the effects of the power outage and appealed to the council chairman, Barr Reginald Ukwuona and authorities of PHED to save the people.

Chris Oluoh