Restore power to Maiduguri, residents plead with FG

Some residents of Maiduguri on New Year’s Day appealed to the Federal Government to re-connect power supply to the city, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN recalls that electricity supply was cut in June, 2014, after a suspected insurgents attack on a power station in Damboa, headquarters of Damboa Local Government Area.
A cross-section of residents interviewed by NAN in Maiduguri, expressed reservation over the delay by the government in restoring power supply to the city. Alhaji Mohammed Zarami, a businessman, said that the lack of electricity in the city had caused severe damages to social and economic life of citizens. “It is sad that we have had to stay for this long without electricity supply in Maiduguri.
“It is even more sad with the current improvement in power supply in the country where some states enjoy uninterrupted supply for days,’’ Zarami said. He said that the situation had forced some residents to rely on power generating sets for power supply. “Most residents depend on power generating sets for power supply daily, but those who cannot afford the high cost of maintaining the sets end up sleeping in darkness,’’ Zarami said.