The President of the Association of Cameroon Consumers says the government has to stop the proposed hike in electricity cost.

Magelan Delor Kamseu Kamgaing, President of the Association of Cameroon Consumers is on hunger strike since Monday April 21, 2014 in front of the Electricity Sector Regulatory Agency (ARSEL). According to him, he is striking against the future increase per kilowatt in electricity announced by AES-SONEL.

On Monday, during the early hours of the evening, CT visited Magelan Kamgaing in front of ARSEL office in Yaounde where he was sitting with other members of the Association of Cameroon Consumers. While holding a Bible and a book, he had also placed banners in front of him which read, “Hunger strike against the announced increase of electricity kilowatt”, “Consumers insist that ARSEL protect their rights in conformity with Article 72 of the Electricity Law.”

The personnel in charge of mobilisation at the Association of Cameroon Consumers, Hervé Keedi explained that after the announcement indicating an imminent increase in electricity kilowatt, the association wrote different letters to AES-SONEL and ARSEL on the issue but received no tangible answers.

He also noted that on April 14, they wrote a letter to the Prime Minister, Head of Government on the issue, urging him to stop AES-SONEL from going on with such a project. Because they never received a response from the PM, the association held a meeting last Friday, during which it was concluded that the president of the association should go on a hunger strike as the most peaceful means to cause the government to react.