The Association of Shop Owners at the Sura Shopping Complex, Lagos Island on Wednesday led a peaceful protest to the Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) on the Marina, to demand freedom to patronise alternative power supply firms.
The protesters who came out in black attire carried placards with various inscriptions, chanting songs to register their grievances.
They rejected appeals for a closed door meeting between their representatives and the EKEDC management.
Managing Director/CEO of EKEDC, Mr Adeoye Fadeyibi, later came out to address the protesters.
Chairman of the association, Mrs Bunmi Ajayi, said that they had perfected plans to purchase electricity from a private firm and wanted EKEDC to give the shop owners the approval for them to patronise an Independent Power Producer (IPP).
“Why we are here is that we are not getting any reasonable service from the EKEDC and we have, therefore, resolved away from you.
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