The issues of power shortage in Nigeria seems to be deteriorating with residents of Abuja, the federal capital having their fair share of darkness and inconvenience.
The sufferings and hardship currently witnessed by Nigerians across the country took a turn for the worse in Abuja in the last couple of days as Abuja Electricity Distribution Company reduced power supply to the Federal Capital Territory and neighbouring states to an average of six hours daily, according to the Vanguard.
This has compounded the woes of the masses who have been experiencing the biting crisis of fuel scarcity across the country.
This was in negation of recent claims by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, two weeks ago, that power supply had hit a new high of 4,488 megawatts (MW).
It was observed that over a month, the power situation in Abuja took a turn for the worse, with households having to grapple with exorbitant electricity bills despite the absence of electricity.
However, only a few high-brow areas and selected areas like Asokoro, Maitama, Wuse 2, Gwarimpa, among others and some areas with lesser population, like Dutse-Sokale, Dutse-Alhaji; some selected streets in Arab Road and Fate Foundation in Kubwa, all in Bwari Area Council, can boast of a near stable supply of electricity.
In a chat with reporters on the epileptic power situation in Abuja, the spokesperson for the AEDC, Mr. Oyebode Fadipe, blamed the drop in power supply to a decline in power generation and some challenges experienced in the area of transmission.
He stated that Nigerians should not expect a drastic improvement in power supply at the moment, as 24 months is still not enough time to do the radical change that people desire to see in the power sector.