Electricity is one of the key areas any government must look into ,some privatise it, while other have electricity generation and distribution under government. In Owerri the capital Imo State the electricity distribution is under Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) a private setup in far away Enugu state. This has made the company not to be in touch with the city most times with critical decision taken on Enugu City. This situation that has resulted in skeletal supplies and lack of maintenance.

Njiribako Street, a popular street in Owerri city that is adjacent School Road and Christchurch Road has been in total darkness for up to a month courtesy of electricity distribution company and the government nonchalant attitude to the plight of the residents. With fallen poles that has high tension wires on the ground , resident of the street are living everyday with fear.
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Caused by breeze that made the concrete like to break and also pulling the high tension down, the street is in darkness and business grounded for up to two weeks with attendant loses that is in millions. Businesses are mandated to close and residents having a difficult time getting in and out of their houses . Parents are scared to let their kids out.

According to resident of the street known simply as Eberechi said that " We are wondering how the EEDC and government of Rochas have found it extremely difficult to do business here and this is affecting our quality of life"she concluded .

Taking to our correspondent, Innocent said that " it's unfortunate that this has happened, we don't know why it is difficult to change a pole. We have been in darkness and people not allowed to open their shops. This isn't the way a modern city and serious government should be acting " he retorted.

Njiribako is one of the major street that has been in darkness with series of businesses and residential apartment. The street is in Owerri Municipal and houses a lot of businesses. Since the rainfall that happened few weeks ago that saw Township School roofs blown away and breaking a couple of poles , till the time of this , the street has been in darkness.

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But, given a few weeks earlier in that neighborhood, those PHCN guys would have been crisscrossing that zone like GTA goons.

Now, small fault, dem nor fit answer