{"id":17406,"date":"2022-04-09T14:14:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T14:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=17406"},"modified":"2022-04-09T14:21:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T14:21:50","slug":"blackout-customers-slam-eko-ikeja-discos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/04\/09\/blackout-customers-slam-eko-ikeja-discos\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackout: Customers slam Eko, Ikeja DisCos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Electricity consumers on Saturday slammed<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/03\/17\/two-men-arraigned-for-allegedly-assaulting-ekedc-staff-in-badagry\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Eko Electricity Distribution Company<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and Ikeja Electric Plc over the epileptic<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/02\/19\/fg-working-on-reforms-to-ensure-stable-power-supply-nbet\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> power supply<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> being experienced in Lagos State in the past weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some of their customers made their views known in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos while reacting to the situation on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NAN quotes Eko DisCo as confirming that the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/03\/19\/group-seeks-state-assemblies-support-on-decentralised-national-grid\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> national grid<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> had collapsed, a development it said was responsible for the outage being experienced by customers within its network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, some customers told NAN that they had not received a power supply from the DisCos for days before the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr. Mutiu Oyekan, a businessman, decried the poor supply of electricity by the DisCos and noted that it was negatively affecting both residents and business owners in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEven before the national grid collapse, we in Ibeju-lekki, Abijo down to Awoyaya didn\u2019t have light for the past four days,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Similarly, Miss Ifeoma Ike, a hairdresser in Amuwo-Odofin, area said the power situation had been on and off for weeks within the axis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey just flash the light and take it again after a few minutes. After another three or more hours they will repeat it and they want us to continue to pay for services not rendered. I have been spending so much to run my generator and it is very stressful on my business,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another resident, Mr. Ismail Anu, also confirmed that the Ebute Metta area had been in darkness for over a week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis is not just about the national grid collapsing. We have been in total darkness since last Saturday,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr. Godwin Aya, Founder, Electricity Access Forum, said some parts of Meiran, Iyana-Ipaja, Egbeda, and Agege under Ikeja Electric had been experiencing blackouts since Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe have received complaints from customers in these areas that they have been in total darkness for days now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt seems the DisCo is only interested in collecting bills from customers without improving supply,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On his part, Mr. Adeola Samuel-Ilori, National Coordinator, All Electricity Consumers Protection Forum, said power generation was yet to peak in the country following weeks of instability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He explained that the drop in power generation was responsible for the poor supply of power to customers by the DisCos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to him, the frequent collapse of the grid is due to the decay in transmission infrastructure which needs to be addressed urgently by the government<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electricity consumers on Saturday slammed Eko Electricity Distribution Company and Ikeja Electric Plc over the epileptic power supply being experienced in Lagos State in the past weeks. 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