Load shedding in Ivory Coast: Consumers invite the government and companies to "share the sacrifices" with the populations (ITW)

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Connectionivoirienne May 23, 2021 12:54 p.m.

Load shedding in Ivory Coast: Consumers invite the government and companies to "share the sacrifices" with the populations (ITW)

Faced with this situation, it is sadness and it is desolation especially since companies do not operate full time, this has a negative impact on the daily lives of consumers and it goes without saying that products will experience d 'increase.

Côte d'Ivoire has been going through untimely power cuts for nearly a month, impacting the normal functioning of several activities and the increase in the prices of products including cement.

What came out of the meeting held last Tuesday with the National Regulatory Authority for the Electricity Sector of Côte d'Ivoire, is that reassuring? What we are asking is that the state be less greedy on import taxes so that renewable energy can be accessible to all.

I, speaking to you, have solar energy, but when two days there is no sun, I am not connected to electricity.

And then a one and a half horse air conditioner, which today must be connected to solar energy for professional work, makes 2,500,000 FCFA which is not within the reach of all consumers.

Wouldn't it be better to try other types of power generation, in this case renewable energies, to prevent these unexpected and untimely cuts in the future? Last week, I was with someone who has a clinic that to feed him, he spent 18,000,000 FCFA.

Donald NGORAN The president of the national federation of consumer organizations, Soumahoro Ben N'Fally, called on the Ivorian government and businesses to “share the sacrifices with consumers” during this period when the country is suffering from untimely power cuts, in an interview with ALERTE INFO.

Consumers will make sacrifices, the state must make sacrifices and businesses too to get through this period.

I agree, but renewable energy is an intermediate solution.

These are proposals that we are making to the state and we have told the government that the sacrifices will have to be shared..

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