“Husbands Don’t Touch Us At Night Because Of Heat": Rivers Women Protest Over Poor Power Supply
- Protesting women said their husbands had not been touching them in the night for pressure due to heat
- They lamented the poor power supply at the office of Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED).
- The women said businesses have collapsed because of the power outage and it's affecting their family
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Port Harcourt, Rivers state - Women in the Diobu area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital have protested against the over-poor power supply at the office of Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED).
As reported by Daily Trust, the women said their husbands no longer touch them at night due to heat
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The protesting women carried placards with inscriptions such as ‘No Light, No Payment’, ‘The Heat is too much’, etc.
They added that they’ve not been able to preserve their cooked foods for weeks due to the power outage.
According to the women, their businesses had been grounded due to poor power supply.
The leader of the protesting women, Maria Ike, said:
“We have decided to let the world know what we are going through in the hands of PHED. The poor supply in our area is at zero level despite the fact that we pay monthly bills to PHED. We no longer have romance and conjugal relationships with our husbands because of so much heat due to power failure. Our businesses have collapsed because of a power outage. This is really affecting our families.”
FG gives conditions for stable power supply
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that Nigerian electricity companies need new investors to revitalise the industry as they are now short of an estimated N2 trillion ($2.5 billion) in capital. In an interview, Olu Verheijen, an adviser to President Bola Tinubu on energy, said the companies are over-leveraged and under-capitalised.
Verheijen called for the need to set policies that facilitate reorganisation and recapitalisation and bring in new partners with new capital. He explained that plans for cost-reflective energy pricing will accompany recapitalisation, enhancing the power sector's viability and liquidity.
He said: “With the current tight fiscal space, the government’s ability to cover this shortfall is challenged. These issues have exacerbated the financial liquidity challenges in the sector.”
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