Women from the Diobu area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, took to the streets on Tuesday to protest against the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) over the persistent power outage plaguing their community.
As reported by Dailytrust, the women, armed with placards bearing messages such as ‘No Light, No Payment’ and ‘The Heat is too much’, expressed their grievances regarding the unbearable conditions they face due to the absence of electricity.
The leader of the protesting women, Maria Ike, said, “We have decided to let the world know what we are passing through in the hands of PHED. The poor supply in our area is at zero level despite the fact that we pay monthly bills to PHED. We no longer have romance and conjugal relationships with our husbands because of so much heat due to power failure. Our businesses have collapsed because of a power outage. This is really affecting our families,” she said.
Among their complaints, they highlighted the inability to engage in conjugal relations with their husbands at night due to the oppressive heat caused by the lack of electricity.
In response to the protest, PHED’s Public Relations Officer, Livingstone Koko, acknowledged the widespread issue of poor power supply across the country. He assured the public that PHED is committed to improving the situation in the state, although he did not provide specific details on measures being taken to address the concerns raised by the protesting women.
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