The residents of the Nurses Community in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa state have threatened to protest at the Mararaba 2 Area Office of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company AEDC) following alleged diversion and refusal to mount its already approved transformer

The community accused the management of the Area Office of AEDC of diverting its already approved transformer after it had completed all the requirements for the transformer to be mounted

Residents who threatened a showdown with the AEDC management noted that the community has been on load shading for solo g, following the overloading of its only transformer, which it said had broken down on different occasions, leaving the entire community without light

They regretted that their application for a new transformer, which was made to the Managing Director of AEDC on 30th July 2024, through the Area office in charge of is Mararaba 2 Area office was formally approved, adding that the community was thereafter, asked to commence work at the site, where the transformer will be mounted

“We are mobilizing all residents to stage a protest at the AEDC office in Mararaba over this ill-treatment. We had met all the requirements for the transformer. The AEDC officials came and decided on where the transformer will be sited they asked us to construct the basement for the transformer, as well as provided the needed ironwork for the safety of the transformer, all these we had fine and they came for inspection and approved it.

” It was to our surprise when we got to know that the office had received some transformers which eluded us. Upon investigation, we gathered that our transformer designate was taken to an unknown place by the management of Mararaba Area 2, and we will not accept

” We have suffered untold stress and spent much on this. Our only and overlooked transformer broke down around May and every resident was tasked to pay N50,000 which was used to fix it to the current manageable condition it is, That had left us on load shading where every resident is forced to operate a single-face, due to the condition of the transformer
We were told by AEDC officials from the Mararaba Area office that our transformer is overloaded which requires a relief to avoid load shedding. We are 95% on prepaid meter on Band B, so we should not be treated this way the AEDC is handling us. We will reject this and we will soon move to the AEDC in Mararaba and beyond to make our complains heard,” a leader of the community stated