Niger Delta
Youths Protest Lack Of Electricity In C’River LGAs

Thousands of youths from Akpabuyo and Bakassi Local Government Areas of Cross River State have invaded the office of the Port Harcourt Distribution Company (PHDC) along Calabar Road in Calabar Municipal Local Government Area of the State, to protest the non-supply of electricity.
The protest which took place in the early hours of Wednesday lasted over four hours as protesters disrupted free traffic flow, official functions at PHDC and other economic, commercial and social activities in the area.
One of the protesters known as OffiongOkon lamented the lack of electricity supply to their areas.
“People that came to protest are youths from Bakassi and Akpabuyo, for over two years, we have no electricity. PHDC disconnected us since the new management came on board and we cannot continue this way” he said.
Speaking during an interview on Wednesday, the Chairman of Akpabuyo Local Government Area, Hon. Emmanuel OffiongBassey regretted the non-supply of electricity in the areas for over two years and confirmed that the protesters were from two different local government areas, Akpabuyo and Bakassi.
“The protesters are electricity consumers from Akpabuyo and Bakassi local government areas of the state and they protested the non-supply of electricity in their areas. We in the local government do not have any say as far as electricity is concerned.
“But all we can do as a local government is to render assistance where it is necessary, such assistance includes purchasing and erecting fallen poles, provide transformers. These are the areas we can intervene but if it is for the issue of power supply we have no hand there.
“Be that as it may, when we came on board, we came to meet that problem and in one of our Exco meetings which was the second meeting, we did send a delegation to PHDC which was led by the supervisor for works and the director of works. When they came back, the report was that the companies in Akpabuyo were not paying bills and secondly, they need accommodation in Akpabuyo
“Well, that of users not paying their bills was beyond our reach and while we were contemplating how to arrange accommodation for them, the End SARS protest came up and almost all federal institutions in Akpabuyo were affected, damaged and vandalised.”
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