Yemisi Oyebanji, a widow, who owns a small scale frozen food shop in Ojodu area of Lagos, has been a sad woman in the last one month.
Though her husband died four months ago, her sadness stemmed from the fact that her small shop, which she started in early September may soon be closed due to dwindling electricity supply.
Speaking to Sweecrude on her ordeal she said “Since the first week of November, I have been encountering losses on a regular basis, as the products in my freezers easily get spoilt due to the constant blackout in this area.
I lost four cartons of chicken and three cartons of turkey worth about N40, 000 in the last three weeks due to poor power supply. Not only do I encounter blackout, the bill has increased.
How can a small shop like mine pay as much as N9,500, as against the N3, 000 I paid last month?” She queried.
Oyebanji told Sweetcrude that the constant blackout is threatening her means of livelihood and has put her in a position that she would not know how to take care of her five children who are below 11 years.
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