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Residents of the New York section in Makeni City are expressing outrage over a persistent blackout that has left their community in total darkness since Christmas Day.
What should have been a season of celebration has turned into a period of deep frustration, as locals describe the situation as an unbearable economic and social burden. Small business owners, particularly those dependent on cold storage and evening trade, report significant losses, while community members emphasise that access to electricity is a fundamental right rather than a luxury.
The silence from the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) has only fueled the anger of a population that feels increasingly marginalised.
The prolonged power failure has sparked a wider conversation about government neglect, with many residents alleging that the current administration has abandoned the city’s infrastructure. Once known for its reliable power supply, Makeni now struggles with a deteriorating grid, leading to claims that the outages are as much a political issue as they are a technical one.
Community leaders are now issuing an urgent call to the EDSA Makeni office to address the fault immediately and restore power, warning that the continued lack of response is stifling the city’s economic heartbeat and compromising the security of its citizens.
So true sir
Am in New York Makeni City the suffering is unbearable
My source has got spoiled
Business going through huge losses
EDSA please come to our rescue
God be our help
I can not understand why Makeni residents feel they deserve preferential treatment when it comes to electricity power distribution. While for years Makeni residents enjoyed uninterrupted electrical supply, other parts of the country including the city of Freetown were in darkness. Cities like Kenema, Bo, Koidu, Kailahun were in total darkness for eleven years plus during the APC rule. Makeni by then got electricity power supplies from Bumbuna, Freetown and Kenema power grids. They even had a reserved power supply source which was eventually removed to serve the country’s international airport. Selfishly, they made a big bruhaha for the removal of a reserved generator to Lungi, resulting to the unnecessary and untimely deaths of some protesting youths in Makeni. As I write, some parts of the city of Freetown are without electricity supply for weeks. But after staying without electricity power supply for just a couple of days, Makeni residents are almost bringing hell down to earth. Please enjoy the darkness other parts of the country have had for years. And remember that the APC is no longer in power. Ernest Bai Koroma is no longer president of Sierra Leone. He is in a self-imposed political exile.