Power outage for four days paralyses businesses in Edo

 

 

 

Economic activities in Benin, the Edo State capital, have been grounded following power outage for four days which has halted operations in government offices, health facilities and other sectors.

 

 

According to a Vanguard report, the power outage was as a result of the non-supply of gas to the Ossiomo Power Company.

 

 

 

 

The power firm supplied electricity to government buildings, street lights, some private homes, courts, the Edo State Industrial Hub, where several micro, small and medium enterprises, MSMEs, operate, including the secretariat of Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ.

 

Some of the operators in the Industrial Hub lamented their plight to journalists as they said they had lost fortunes because of power outage, which entered its fourth day on Friday.

 

It was gathered that surgeries have been stopped at the Edo State government-owned health facilities like primary health centres in the state capital, the Edo State Specialist Hospital and others to avoid deaths.

 

There was anxiety at the NUJ press centre as the place was out of water supply, which led to the leadership locking all bathrooms and toilets in the complex.