For over two weeks the Residents of Gibson Jalo Road who are
neighborhood of the Adamawa State House of Assembly is experiencing a total blackout.
The high brow area is one of the business target areas of the electricity distribution company in Yola but failed to provide them with power over what a resident, Professor Dan Babayi said was a breakdown of a transformer.
According to Babayi the faulty transformer that cannot be fixed by the Yola Electric Distribution Company (YEDC) has left the residents in total blackout, accusing them of bringing excruciating pain because of the hot weather in recent days.
He wondered what is YEDC which is also known as Yola Disco is doing despite numerous complaints lodged at their headquarters to have left them in darkness for weeks.
He said despite their proximity to the state house of Assembly the neighborhood is a business district with supermarkets, pharmacies, a variety of salons, hotels, restaurants, groceries stores with thousands of residents.
While calling the power generating company to as a matter of urgency come to their aid by rescuing the situation, he made a passionate appeal to the state government to intervene in calling the attention of the YEDC.
The Principal Manager and Corporate Communications at YEDC, Onyekachi Kingsley Nkemneme when contacted by our correspondent said he will find out the exact problem of the area.
He further said that customers should channel proper issues relating to them by filling out official complaints to the organization for immediate action.
He said their official complaints will help track and keep monitoring unresolved issues until it is solved.
Kingsley also said that many times customers don’t lodge complaints but will be lamenting on what is probably a minor issue that will not take time.
He assures to get the problem solved by reaching out to the officials handling that area.