Festac residents lament erratic power supply
RESIDENTS of Festac Town in Lagos State, has urged the Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, and Eko Distribution Company, EkoDisco, to urgently look into the lack of electric power ravaging the historic community. They also tasked the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to prevail on EKDC to stop exploiting the residents by placing them on band B, whereas most of them don’t get up to five hours of light a day. Speaking on their ordeal, an artisan in the town, Mr Felix Ajayi, who spoke with Vanguard, said: “Power supply since President Bola Tinubu came to power has been nothing to write home about. “EKDC claimed to place Festac on Band B, but the power ordeal is worse than what we can explain. “Businesses are no longer thriving here due to a lack of power supply.” Also speaking, a resident of 23 Road in the town, Ugochukwu Anyanwun, said: “It is disheartening that Festac is on the verge of total collapse. The same way the Federal Housing Authority, FHA, is less conc...