Sokoto Residents Protest Against Erratic Power Supply In Sokoto
Sokoto Residents Protest Against Erratic Power Supply In Sokoto
By Onuminya Ochowechi in Sokoto
Youths in Old airport axis of Sokoto South local government area have hit the street in protest against incessant power outage in their area.
The youths in large number after a deliberation with elders of the community decided to match to the head office of Kaduna electricity distribution company to complain about what they described as discriminatory power supply to their area by officials of Kaduna Electricity distribution company responsible for power supply to the area.
They said many small business owners and artisan in the area have suffered from this action of the distribution and life have become unbearable to many residents considering the hot weather in Sokoto state.
They called on the head office of the electricity distribution company in Kaduna to act fast or they will cease to pay electricity bill and disconnect the area from the grid.
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Spokesman of the youth, Umar Nasir Abdulsamad says even communities that are reluctant in paying electricity bill are giving constant power supply while old airport, Offa Road, Tamaje, Dambua that pay regularly are made to suffer unjustly.
At the head office of the Kaduna Eletricity in Sokoto a team of security personnel were drafted to prevent the breakdown of law and order.
Old Airport, Offa road, Tamaje, Dambua and trade fair road is dominated by people from other parts of the country with few indigene of Sokoto state.
Effort to speak to the official of the Kaduna Electricity in Sokoto was unsuccessful as at the time of filing this report.
Sokoto Residents Protest Against Erratic Power Supply In Sokoto
