Kaduna Community Laments 11 Months Blackout, Wants Gov. Sani To Intervene

NEWSDAILYNIGERIA: The Kaduna state Governor, Senator Uba Sani has been called upon to intervene in the over 11 months lingering power outage bedevilling residents of Kakuri Hausa Ward 05 of Makera constituency, Kaduna State

The residents lamented that the situation has crippled the social and economic activities in the area, adding that efforts by the community to address the situation have been unsuccessful.

Speaking on the issue, some residents regretted that many businessmen and women have relocated to other communities, while those that could not, have been languishing in abject poverty, the LEADERSHIP reports

According to them, there was a time when the community bought cables to replace the faulty ones to restore the light, adding that their effort yielded no desired response.

A Community leader, Alhaji Inuwa Mohammed said that the community has been in darkness since April 2024.

He added that the transformer supplying electricity to the area had been damaged, calling for a replacement in order to enjoy power supply again.

“We have made several meetings with the Kaduna Electric officials in Makera to the extent that we contributed money to procure the damaged materials, yet it was fruitless”, he said.

He described the situation as unbearable for the residents of the community.

Mohammed then appealed to the authorities to save them as it is easy for the men of the underworld to operate more in darkness.

He further said, some residents are abandoning their businesses for other ventures, which is not good for economic growth.

He added that “Millions of naira have been lost to this recurring power outage in our ancient town”.

Mohammed urged the appropriate authorities, particularly Kaduna Electric to restore the power as it has paralysed socio-economic activities in their community, he added.

It was also gathered that women group of the community had severally reached out to elected representatives at all levels to come to their aid but all that did not yield the desired result hence the decision to appeal to the amiable governor for intervention.

While confirming the power outage, when contacted the Regional Manager, Makera, Kaduna Electric, Basil Ujam, also said that they are waiting for feedback from their head office.