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Today Monday (5/11/2018) women at Labaka street, an axis in Alaba Oro/Mosafejo community troop out in their numbers to carried out sensitization in the community over the issue of estimated billing and the demand for prepaid metre. They were angered over the recent operations of the Eko Disco in the area.
According to information gathered. The women (few days go) protested by stopping any disconnection. Despite the private company (Eko Disco) employed the Nigerian Civil Defence and Nigerian Police respectively to force residents to pay the estimated billing. The women were not intimidated. They were fearless to stop any disconnection.
In their hundreds, they mobilise more of the women, youth, and the entire residents to join them to chased out the Eko Disco management team out from the community. (they did this peacefully in an organize manner). The Civil Defence open air shot to scare the protesters but the women were on their feet. They were fearless and even dogged to resist the state machine from penetrating into the community.
Because of the manner at which the resistances has been organized so far. Going by the intense sensitization carried out in the past to build the confidence of the working people in the area mostly women; leading the campaign. Two of the Disco ladders were seized. Not for any reason but of the agitations, and also the several complains about the dilapidated cables and irregular power supply.
All members of CARE were mobilized to Alaba Oro/Mosafejo community in order to give solidarity and support to its member. The Ojo Women Unite Group, Ajegunle People's Movement, Ajeromi Ifelodun United Interest for Justice, Democratic Socialist Movement, United Front Movement, activists from other community came to give solidarity. The groups in their numbers with residents in the community move round to sensitized the masses about this campaign.
That they shouldn't relent but keep the flame burning. Immediately after Mr. Raji Yusuf (leader of the Alaba Oro/Mosafejo community) addressed the women at Labaka street where the women wet the earth with heroic resistances. He said the struggle must continue in spite of any circumstances. Representatives of each group under the single umbrella of Coalition for Affordable Regular Electricity also addressed the gathering.
Currently, CARE which is the propose umbrella uniting all independent groups in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area and Lagos at large resisting the perpetrated abnormalities of the Discos, will want to use this opportunity to congratulate the youth, women and the working masses at Labaka street (and Ajegunle at large) for holding their fortress in spite of the brutal tactics employ by the Disco to want to intimidate the people. CARE says well done.
In the spirit of this resistances, women at Labaka street and the entire working masses in Alaba Oro/Mosafejo has put up to stop disconnection. Members of CARE who were in solidarity addressed the community and condemn the militarize approach of Eko Distribution Company. That the privatization of the power sector has resulted why working people in different communities are protesting against the estimated billing and fundamentally the privatization of the power sector.
The renationalization of the power sector under a mass oriented programmes and policies is the only solution to fundamentally resolve the crisis in the power sector. Despite more than N3 trillion bail out fund has been given to the Discos and Gencos. Electricity generation has continued to remain a huge challenge because of profit. CARE call on every community to continue to agitate, organize and resist disconnection, estimated billing and demand ultimately the renationalization of the power sector.
©Fidel Davy
LIFEINSLUM
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