Declare State Of Emergency On Power Outage Now –Arewa Tells Nigerian Govt

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has called on the Federal Government to declare a State of Emergency on power outages.

This is as the Forum lamented that over the past week and still counting, most parts of the northern states of Nigeria have been battling with sustained electric power supply outages, leading to near-total paralysis in economic and social activities in the region.

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The ACF stated that the situation has led to growing generalised frustration of the populace.

The National Publicity Secretary of the ACF, Prof. Tukur Muhammad-Baba explained that the situation appears even more dire and frightening as statements from officials charged with the responsibility for power supply, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, suggest that the problem is likely to persist interminable due to technical and security challenges.

“Not unexpectedly, the problem has been a subject of intense debate and lamentations in the media, neighbourhood gatherings, business premises, etc.”

“The smallest of small businesses (such as telephone recharge points, barbing salons, food processors, drinks sellers, etc.), from which millions eke out a daily living are unable to operate. It has also been the same with medium-scale enterprises (such as rice mills, bread and confectionary bakers), that do not have alternative sources of power or cannot afford associated high fuel costs.

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“Home and office operate without cooling and heating and at night are thrown into the medieval dark ages of the primitive, pre-civilisation era. ACF notes that there has emerged, and growing, palpably evidence that it is to the utter consternation and disappointment of people that the problem appears to attract only deafening silence, suggesting indifference, from those who are constitutionally expected to respond with care and concern,” he said.

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