By Monrovia, Liberia– As a result of many technical difficulties faced by the LIBANGO vending platform used by customers to Purchase electricity from LEC, some citizens have threatened to implement power theft through the means of bypassing the legal recharging system.
The Liberia Electricity Cooperation Management on Saturday August 26,2023 announced to it customers that the LIBANGO vending platform used by it customers to Purchase electricity token was experiencing technical difficulties, and as such, customers were unable to to buy Electricity token from LIBANGO vendors or through digital purchasing platforms like Orange money, MTN Mobile money, Tip Me or Eco bank.
The management of LEC told it Customers that only the waterside headquarters and the Bushrod Island sub-station were temporarily used to purchase LEC token, something citizens describe as stressful and waste of resources.
The unfolding circumstances has left residents particularly in the Paynesville belt struggling to purchase LEC token at one of it temporarily points of sales in Du-port road community.
The citizens expressing their grievances warned that if the situation is not handle as soon as possible, they will have no option but to connect their homes on direct.
This issue is causing us lot of transportation as well as covering long distances in the rain just to buy a $5 or $10 Electricity. We will not sleep in darkness, since the government wants us to steal Current, we will soon start connecting our houses on direct” they said in an angry mood.
Meanwhile, in response to the many Complaints and social media speculations by Citizens, the Executive Director for Commerical and Regulatory at the Liberia Electricity Cooperation LEC Mr. M. Hady Sheriff said the management is doing everything possible to see that it systems can be restored in the coming days for customers used.
Mr. Sheriff in a brief press conference apologize to LEC customers and businesses for the inconveniences experienced over the weekend due to the many technical problem facing by the Liberia Electricity cooperation.
By: Samuel B. Johnson
