LRC EPILEPTIC ELECTRICITY SUPPLY IN AMBAZONIA A BIG PROBLEM
Bamenda Denizens Pay A High Price For Persistent Low Voltage.
It is disheartening for an informed Ambazonia in Bamenda about the capacity of the Menchum if harnessed to supply electrical energy. Unfortunately, the colonial LRC government embedded in the spirit of marginalization denied developing this natural potential. Hypocritically Biya and his collaborators decided to create about five artificial dams in LRC in the name of solving the energy crisis in Cameroons. How on earth will a group of educated Rubbers choose to be served by a man-made dam better than the natural fall like the Menchum fall? Just because this natural Menchum fall is found in Ambazonia, the colonial LRC government chose not to develop it though it required a meager sum to get it on. They rather preferred to spend huge sums of taxpayers' money to create artificial dames in the LRC territory of the Cameroons. After over five artificial dams created by LRC, Inhabitants in Bamenda are still unable to enjoy a stable flow of electrical energy. Even when there's, the voltage is always very low, causing a lot of damage to appliances.
How can energy supported by five artificial dams still be experiencing low voltages? "For almost three weeks now, it has been on and off. The circuit breaker has been destroyed, the fridge is down, all the bulbs are off,” a father said, looking at the loss incurred at his home at Foncha street due to persistent low voltage. He complains that their quality of life is not the same as they have to rely on rechargeable solar lamps. Just like in his home, several homes in Bamenda, the chief town of the Midland Zone of Ambazonia have been witnessing low voltage. A lady at New layout downtown tells us, she now visits distant neighbors just so she can stay connected. “For about a month now, I have been charging my phone in other neighborhoods. In my house, the TV is bad, the distributors too because of the epileptic power supply,” an inhabitant of the area says.
Business persons at Up Station are decrying a drop in business as a result of this persistent poor power supply. “On normal days, I can work about 6,000-10,000frs per day but with low voltage, I can barely make 5,000frs,” a barber complains and adds that this is because of difficulties faced in charging equipment. “I very often use rechargeable machines to shave customers but with the present situation, I can only serve about 3-4 persons with my machines in one day.” Not far from him, a lady working with a photocopying machine is using a generator to serve clients. “Machines cannot come on if I do not turn on the generator because the voltage is low. Some days, when the light comes back normal, it is so high that if we are not careful, it might destroy the machines.” In some neighborhoods like Ngeng, the people say they have been without electricity for two weeks now and nothing is being done by workers of the electricity supply company.
Low voltage has been recurrent in Bamenda and the people are calling on LRC Eneo officials to address the situation.
