A Nigerian lady selling frozen food in Port Harcourt has been counting her losses after a 14-day power outage forced her to throw away over N300,000 worth of food.
In a video making the rounds online, the vendor showed her store filled with frozen turkeys and fishes. However, a power outage that lasted for two weeks spoiled all her food, leaving her with nothing but debt.
She mentioned that even after investing money in fuel for her generator, she still experienced a loss of over N300k.
She wrote, “I think this last few days has been the toughest for me in business but we move”.
“14days power blackout and I spent some much in buying fuel yet some of my market got dar aged But all the same am grateful that not all damaged and they finally called off the strike but that was after I moved my market to a cold room in port harcourt”.
“I have recorded over 300k losses in few days but thats what business owners see… NIGERIA HAS HAPPENED TO ME”
“We are currently unavailable now but we will resume fully on Saturday”.
Watch the video below:
The video of Mr. Adebayo’s story has gone viral on social media, sparking outrage and sympathy.
Read some comments below:
haaleemax said, “Na the turkey pain me pass. Now wey turkey don turn luxury 😮😢”.
its__khadeejah said, “This is not Nigeria, if you’re doing this type of business you shouldn’t depend on NEPA. Have other means like generator or solar. Sorry though may Allah replenish your loss”.
pretty_petite_thing_ said, “How did she wait for 14 whole days though. 24/48 hours without power should have you swinging into the next line of action and finding a way to salvage your business.”
ayotunde1287 said, “How can u allow this to happen? U can’t run this kind of business and depend on Nepa ke. When u saw it going bad, u shd av taken it out, ko din ko yi ata mo, hawk and sell. I know its painful but u sef no try abeg.”
otunba_onile_aje said, “God will provide for you ma’am, Try and do inverter to help your business.”
nlemadimamarachi said, “God abeg ooh ,which kind country babe this😂”.