Following consumers’ protests against power failure, an electricity distribution company (DISCO) has told Nigerians not to expect 24-hour supply of electricity any time soon.
The Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), which made the declaration yesterday, said the hopeless situation is due to.....
low generation of megawatts by the generation companies (GENCOs).
The Head, Corporate Affairs of BEDC for Edo, Delta Ondo and Ekiti states, Curtuis Nwadei, said in spite of the 9 per cent allocation from the national grid, the zone also grapples with the problem of high indebtedness from both state and federal government agencies, including military and paramilitary agencies, energy theft and assaults on its staff.
Nwadie, who spoke in Benin, however said that BEDC had commissioned over 20 injection sub-stations and took delivery of over 400 transformers to improve on it services to the states under its jurisdiction.
He also lamented vandalization of its transformers and cables by hoodlums in some communities in the zone.
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