RESIDENTS OF DAMONGO FEAR THEIR BUSINESSES WILL COLLAPSE DUE TO LACK OF POWER

RESIDENTS OF DAMONGO FEAR THEIR BUSINESSES WILL COLLAPSE DUE TO LACK OF POWER

Residents of Damongo in the West Gonja District of the Northern Region are expressing fear about the possibility of their businesses collapsing due to lack of access to power for their prepaid meters.

For the past three days now,businesses,individual home business owners,departments and the only community radio station in the district have had to shut down their operations will-less,because the only sales point at the V.R.A substation in the district is unable to serve them power with the reason that their network is down.

A situation which is causing so much uneasiness among a section of the public,especially business owners that rely on power for their operations.

Debating the issue on Damongo Youth Parliament (DYP) political platform, majority of the youth parliamentarians therein are of the view that the number of sales point/vendors of power for the prepaid meters should not just be one but expanded to make it possible for power to be purchased at all times including Saturday's and Sunday's.Others however, are of the view that the prepaid metering system is not good for Damongo.To them, the post paid metering system should be maintained.

It's also widely perceived by a section of the public in Damongo that the kind of prepaid meters being installed in the district consume more power than normal.As such,they are more expensive to use than the post paid meters.

Information is also rife from suggestions and opinions sorted from the youth that if the current situation persists,a petition and planned demonstration will hit the town to drum home the displeasure of the youth about the situation.

Meanwhile,the installation of prepaid meters in Damongo has been intensified.We have picked intelligence to the effect that every single home in and around Damongo will soon be given a prepaid meter.

It can be recalled that,earlier attempt to install prepaid meters in Damongo prior to the 2016 general elections was vehemently resisted by the youth especially...The issue took a political dimension and upon series of stakeholder dialogue and meetings, the exercise had to be put on hold.

The youth have made a passionate appeal to appropriate authorities to act in order to safe the situation. 

Story filed by ANANPANSAH,B ABAHAM(AB)
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