Residents in Maiduguri \u2013 which has been out of power since Tuesday last week \u2212 are spending a fortune on petrol to fire up their generators so that they can keep their businesses going.<\/p>\n
But their families are having to go without food and other essentials.<\/p>\n
Ibrahim Abubakar, a haircutter, said the power outage had affected his business badly and he had to buy petrol every day to keep going.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spend 1 000 naira daily on petrol and sometimes I don\u2019t have anything to take home for my children and wives. Petrol is pricey. We heard that the power in Damaturu [a Local Government Area in Yobe State in northern Nigeria] had been restored but we in Maiduguri still do not have power.\u201d<\/p>\n
He called on Borno State government officials to urgently look into the problem.<\/p>\n
Adamu Abdullahi, a tailor at Hausari, a ward of Maiduguri, said he could not work without electricity. He, too, called on the government to fix the problem.<\/p>\n
Abdullahi said the cost of running his business had increased by 50% and that he was spending much more money than before the outage.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am spending half of what I get every day on petrol for the generator. I cannot increase what I charge because that will chase away my customers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A cold drink vendor in Maiduguri said he was having a difficult time because of the power outage.<\/p>\n
\u201cI cannot buy ice because it is costly. So people come every day to buy cold water, Coca-Cola and other soft drinks but they are not cold because, without power, I cannot keep them chilled.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said he was running out of money because he could not do business as usual. He called on the Borno State government to repair the outage.<\/p>\n
The power outage started on January 26. The management of Yola Electricity Distribution Company had apologized for the inconvenience but Maiduguri was still in darkness.<\/p>\n
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