Residents of Ibadan in South-Western Nigeria will this morning Monday, August 2, 2021, hit the streets and later occupy the premises of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company in protest against poor services being rendered by the company.
This is a follow up of Sunday’s street protest which saw hundreds of residents in attendance.
Ibadan has a total population of 3.6 million out of the over 211 million population of entire Nigeria.
The residents accused IBEDC of exploitation.
The protesters also sensitised the residents on what they described as injustice done by the electricity distribution company in some parts of the Oyo State capital.
Nigeria’s power sector has been struggling leading to widespread power cuts.
Last Wednesday, the country’s transmission system collapsed, resulting in nationwide black out.
In a post sighted by energynewsafrica.com on Instagram, the organisers of the protest, which bear the name revoltnow_ng, said the protest will last for two days.
The organisers are demanding that IBEDC bring back light, reduce electricity tariff among others.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
