Residents of Monatan, Iyana Church, Wakajaye, Awotan, Iwo Road, Lalupon and other neighboring communities in Ibadan,have protested erratic electricity in the neighbourhood by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC)
They blocked the entrance of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) located at Monatan area of Ibadan and lamented that the company has been allegedly exploiting them by supplying few hours of electricity in a month and issuing outrageous estimated bills to them.
Speaking,spokesman of the embattled residents, Mr. Kunle Aworinde, explained that the communities were protesting against erratic supply of electricity, non-supply of prepaid meters and issuance of outrageous estimated bills.
He added that the protest became necessary due to the failure of IBEDC to listen and attend to their demands.
According to him,residents of the protesting communities have been experiencing erratic supply of electricity for years.
He said:”We are protesting erratic supply of electricity in our communities. They are billing us outrageously. They are supplying us little electricity and they are bringing outrageous bills. We demanded for prepaid meters but they are not giving us. We have been experiencing erratic supply of electricity in Monatan, Iyanan Church, Wakajaye, Iwo Road up to Lalupon”.
Also speaking,Oyo State Coordinator, Campaign for Democracy and Workers’ Rights, Comrade Abiodun Bamigboye,while described privatization of the power sector as a fraud.
He added:”What we are saying is that power sector has failed under privatisation. They promised us that once the power sector is privatized, we will be having stable electricity.But, this is not so. Few days ago, we heard that one of the major shareholders in IBEDC is indebted to a bank and AMCON has taken over IBEDC. That means privatization of the power sector is a fraud”.
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