Residents of Ungwar Yazawa community in the Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, have said they protested on Monday, to draw the attentionof the state government to the unfair treatment and injustice being meted out to the community by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC).
A spokesperson for the community, Shuibu Zanwa-Buba, disclosed this in Lafia after a peaceful protest at the head office of the AEDC, Lafia, saying the community had been thrown into darkness for the past eight months, adding that the AEDC turned deaf ears to their cries.
Zanwa-Buba said the situation has worsened insecurity in the area.
“Despite the efforts we made to get a new transformer from the state government; the AEDC has refused to connect us till now.
“Governor Abdullahi Sule approved our request and released the transformer for over two months now, but the AEDC seems to be deliberately working against the interest of the community for reasons best known to them.
“We are appealing to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to intervene in this matter and call the AEDC to order so that the new transformer would be fixed to ensure the growth and development of the community.”
The Human Resource Manager of AEDC, Lafia branch, Zainab Ibrahim, assured the community that the transformer would soon be fixed and powered for sufficient electricity supply as directive had been given to staff of the company on the matter.
