Protest Escalates In A Nigerian Community After One Year In Darkness

<h4 id&equals;"yiv8091022291yMail&lowbar;cursorElementTracker&lowbar;1665483148642">Protest Escalates in a Nigerian community<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>OpenLife Nigeria reports that protest has been escalated in Zone 4&comma; Victory Estate in  Iba community in Lagos over prolonged darkness&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"yiv8091022291yMail&lowbar;cursorElementTracker&lowbar;1665483260694"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"yiv8091022291yMail&lowbar;cursorElementTracker&lowbar;1665481900512">According to eyes witness account&comma; the Zone 4 Victory Estate Community Development Association&comma; CDA&comma; in Iba&comma;    Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State  has been in darkness for one  year&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>This prompted the residents to stag a peaceful protest ventilating their frustration&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>According to the narrative&comma; the  community tasked themselves and purchased one unit 500 KVA transformer&comma; one unit 4way feeder pillar and one H pole&comma; which were donated to Ekedisc management since June 2022&comma;but nothing has been done about the installation&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"yiv8091022291yMail&lowbar;cursorElementTracker&lowbar;1665481689569">     Till date the said community is still in prolonged darkness<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"yiv8091022291yMail&lowbar;cursorElementTracker&lowbar;1665481775414">      The Chairman of the CDA  Mr&period;Friday John Ani has been in constant touch with one Mr&period; Jerry the PRO Ekedisc Ojo district head since June 2022 for prompt installation of this transformer procured by the community&comma;but it has always been endless promise&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>At a point&comma; officials of the Ekedisc from Marina came to inspect the transformer but no action was taken&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"yiv8091022291yMail&lowbar;cursorElementTracker&lowbar;1665482542876"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"yiv8091022291yMail&lowbar;cursorElementTracker&lowbar;1665481727729"><span id&equals;"yiv8091022291yMail&lowbar;cursorElementTracker&lowbar;1665482711511">     The community has made representation and appeals <&sol;span><span id&equals;"yiv8091022291yMail&lowbar;cursorElementTracker&lowbar;1665482773841">to the office  of the district head of the Ekedisc to help them <&sol;span><span id&equals;"yiv8091022291yMail&lowbar;cursorElementTracker&lowbar;1665482849800"> for prompt installation of their newly donated transformer to Ekedc management to enable their community to enjoy steady right like others&comma;but all to no avail&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"yiv8091022291yMail&lowbar;cursorElementTracker&lowbar;1665481727729"><span id&equals;"yiv8091022291yMail&lowbar;cursorElementTracker&lowbar;1665483031345">    On weekly basis they are losing members and tenants who are moving out as a result of ineffective power <&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;