Electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have called for the sack of personnel in charge of the National Grid following its repeated collapse.
Recall that the grid had collapsed on Monday and power was only restored on Tuesday, with the collapse on Saturday being the second within a week and the seventh in 2024.
The consumers residing in Kuje, Area 10, Gwagwalada and environs made the call while reacting to the incessant grid collapses.
They expressed tiredness over the grid’s regular collapse and urged government to sack those managing it.
Mr Bisi Afolabi, residing in Kuje, said that he believed those managing the grid were not capable of doing the job.
According to him, since the grid keeps collapsing often, government should sack those in charge of the grid and employ those that are competent to manage it.
On his part, Mr Samuel Maduka, a barber residing in Kuje, said he was disappointed in the people managing the grid.
Mr Maduka said the grid collapsed on Monday and people were yet to recover from that and it is happening again on Saturday.
“Government should look at the issue of incessant grid collapses and do something about this. If it means sacking everyone in charge to get it right so be it,” he said.
Mr Solomon Oche, a printer at UTC Area 10, said the embarrassment caused by the frequent collapse was too much.
Mr Oche said that until the government took action by sanctioning those in charge of the maintenance of the grid, the country would not get it right.
Mrs Uduak Essien, a cold room owner in Gwagwalada, said that she does not know why the grid keeps collapsing every time.
She lamented that in spite of the huge money that had been spent on the power sector, “the grid is still collapsing”.
“If the people in charge do not know the job, they should be sacked so that those who can maintain the grid properly will be brought in,” she said.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Saturday notified its customers of an outage that occurred on the grid at about 8:16 am, attributing it to system failure from the National Grid.
(NAN)
