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July 17, 2007
Power Outages Cripple Businesses In Ondo, Ekiti
Social and business activities in some parts of Ondo and Ekiti states have been paralysed for four days running following the cut off of electricity supply to the areas.
July 17th, 2007
Yemi Akintomide
Correspondent, Akure
The towns affected by the blackout since last Friday are Akure, the Ondo State captal, Owo, Emure, Use, Ose, Iju, Ita-Ogbolu and Ikere in Ekiti State.
Artisans and other residents of the affected towns who spoke with Daily Independent have made a passionate plea to the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to restore power supply to their areas, stressing that their businesses have been badly affected by the four-day blackout.
At the Akure District Office of PHCN, Public Relation Officer (PRO) of the district, Adegoke Ademola, told our correspondent that the cause of the blackout had been traced to the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo in Osun State.
Ademola disclosed that PHCN engineers are already in the field trying to trace the fault on the power lines that supply electricity from Osogbo NCC to the affected areas.
He said though, the engineers are yet to detect the fault, the PHCN is doing its best to restore power supply to its customers as soon as possible.
Posted by Publisher at July 17, 2007 02:41 PM
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