ABUJA ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION PLC APOLOGIESES TO RESIDENTS, CUSTOMERS OVER POOR POWER SUPPLY
… UPDATES CUSTOMERS ON SUPPLY IMPROVEMENT WITH INTERVENTIONS 40 QUICK-WIN PROJECTS
The Abuja Electricity Distribution PLC; on Saturday apologiesed to the customers and the residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, over poor power supply in recent times.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Engr. Adeoye Fadeyibi made the plea when updating customers on their supply improvement and the interventions 40 Quick-win Projects, which he said was underway.
Fadeyibi said that the management acknowledged the terrible and persistent poor state of electricity supply experienced by the FCT residents in their homes and offices adding that the management share in the pains and trauma.
He pleaded for the customers’ understanding, accepting that it’s their responsibilities and cannot absolve themselves of the blame.
“We, the management of Abuja Electricity acknowledge the terrible and persistent poor state of electricity supply to your various homes and offices.
“We honestly feel your pains and trauma, and we plead for your continued understanding, while not absolving ourselves of our responsibilities.
“We are working in concert with other industry partners and stakeholders to address the broader problems of low generation and systems instability.” He stated.
According to him, the organisation is making frantic efforts to cushion the effect of the poor power supply by what it called
“quick-win intervention projects” which they have taken with the purpose rapidly improving the supply of power to their franchise areas.
The statement by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Adeoye Fadeyibi, on Saturday stated that they are in various stages of discussion with some power developers.
“We also write to intimate you our dear Customers of some quick-win intervention projects that we as Abuja Electricity have specifically recently undertaken with the sole objective of quickly improving supply of power to our franchise area.
“First amongst this is the fact that we are in various stages of discussions with some Power developers capable of giving us, within a few months, a good level of embedded power generation to boost and complement whatever else we get from the National Grid, this is especially for the purposes of improving supply to Metropolitan FCT.
“Additionally, aside the low generation being experienced nationwide, we at AEDC have embarked upon some 40 QUICK WIN PROJECTS that are geared towards rehabilitating our network and thereby increase availability and customer satisfaction.
“They range from deloading the over loaded feeders, Purchase of 81 new Distribution transformers and repair of 78no existing Distribution transformers. We are also carrying out major maintenance on 34 Power transformers.
“We assure you again that our sincere and much desired goal is to provide you with acceptable levels of power always.
“Our collective effort as a management team in the pursuit of this goal is not limited only to the above-mentioned interventions. We seek everyday new ways to achieve this objective very quickly and efficiently.” The statement reads.
He disclosed that they are committed to their customers adding that, “in a matter of weeks to a few months (staggered), depending on the duration of these different projects, the power supply situation overall will be significantly improved
“We appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue to strive towards meeting your expectations in having world class power supply in the Abuja franchise area.” He said