By CHIEDU UCHE OKOYE

Obosi indigenes have cried out to Enugu Ekectricity Distribution Company (EEDC), begging it to repair the damaged electric installations in the town, speedily, in order that electricity would be restored in their town.

It should be noted that incessant downpours accompanied by thunderstorms, which the people of Obosi experienced, recently, felled electric poles, caused electric wires to snap, and damaged the Eke Obosi transformer.

Consequently, for weeks, the ancient Obosi kingdom has been left with no electricity supply, which has caused hairdressers and welders to experience difficulties in carrying out their jobs.

However, thankfully, prominent indigenes of the town, who are aspiring for lofty elective posts, had provided money for the repair of the damaged electric installations in the town.

Commenting on the dire electricity situation in Obosi, the president of Ire village, Obosi, Mr. De Gaulle Offor, begged the EEDC workers to repair the damaged electric installations in the town, hastily, stating that electricity is a necessity, not a luxury.

"Electricity is a necessity, not a luxury. It boosts economic activities, too.

"But criminal elements are known to operate under the cover of darkness. A nexus exists between absence of electricity in a town and the rate of crime, there.

"So I am urging the EEDC workers to repair the damaged electric installations in Obosi, quickly," Offor said.

In his own remarks, Nze Isaac Ejindu, who is a community leader, went down memory lane, narrating that EEDC has been treating Obosi, unfairly, regarding the supply of electricity to the town.

"Before our electric installations were damaged, which threw Obosi into darkness, our town never enjoyed uninterrupted electricity supply. We are accustomed to being in darkness at night.

"So I am begging EEDC to turn a new leaf in that regard. And I am urging them to repair the damaged electric installations in Obosi, speedily, in order that they will be able to restore electricity in our town," Ejindu said.

More so, Amaka Ude, a hairdresser, lamented that she has spent a great deal of money on the purchase of fuel since the disruption of electricity supply in the town.

• Chiedu is of the Anambra State Ministry of Information.