A group of women in Port Harcourt staged a peaceful demonstration against the incessant power failures in the State, claiming that due to the blackouts their husbands no longer feel comfortable in bed with them.
The women stormed the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company premises with placards denouncing the power outages. Some of the placards read “We lack romance with our husbands’, ‘Our husbands no longer touch us at night’, ‘No light no payment’, ‘The heat is too much,’ ‘PHED help us to sleep well with our husbands’, among others.
“This lack of light (electricity) is making our soup sour. Even when our husbands want to make love to us, the heat will not allow it. We can’t even charge our phones and preserve our food. We are worried,” one of the protesting women told Punch
Another protester who gave her name as Nene, said “This protest is for PHED to give us light. We are paying bills but not seeing the light. Our pot of soup getting bad, and even having sex with our husbands is a problem because of the heat.
“Last night, my husband wanted to have fun with me but the heat was too much, and I could not. We could not do anything. So PHED should give us light or else we will not pay the bill for this month.”
PEHD spokesperson Livingstone Koko, said the blackouts were beyond the scope of the company, saying it was a national problem.
“It is a value chain constraint. It is beyond our control. However, we also share their sentiments and try to let them know that we are working with other players in the industry to ensure that supply is being restored.
“It is nothing short of what is being experienced around the country. So we are aware of the challenge and we apologise and ask them to bear with us.”
