The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) says the company will boost power supply in Lekki axis with additional 100 Megawatts from the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC).
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of EKEDC, Dr Tinuade Sanda, gave the assurance during the company’s Stakeholders Town Hall Meeting on Friday in Lekki, Lagos.
According to Sanda, regarding to availability of power, we have signed a bilateral agreement for the sale of up to 100 megawatts of power from NDPHC’s power plants to improve power supply to customers in the area.
Sanda, who was represented by Mr Gbadebo Akinyode, the company’s Chief Finance Officer, Mr Joseph Ezenwa said the 100mw was different from the energy allocation from the national grid.
“The additional energy from the NDPHC and allocation from the national grid will improve electricity supply in Lekki and its environs.
“The company will also ensure proper upgrading of network; this is through realignment of network such that power supply will be available for everyone.
“There is no point of having so much power in an area and in another area there will be much deficiency.
“We have to find a way of balancing it within the existing infrastructure on ground. We are doing all these to improve supply,” she said.
Sanda urged the customers within Lekki axis to report to the company case of energy theft.
“We need to address energy theft in our neighbourhood by reporting them to the nearest EKEDC office.
“Energy theft constrains the company to have access to fund to build more infrastructures that will be of beneficial to the customers,” she said.
Commending the high turned out of customers, Sanda said the purpose of the meeting was to have interaction with customers to know how to serve them better.
Also speaking, Mr Oluwafemi Olaoye, the Chief Technical Officer, EKEDC urged the customers to report the case of fault transformers or electrical fault to the company.
According to him, it is our responsibility to replace bad transformers or fault meters.
He urged the customers to apply for prepared meter, adding that meters were available after payment of some amount.
Olaoye advised the customers to see their staff as partner and stop attacking them during their office work in their area.
Meanwhile some customers in the area have complained of outage and insufficient supply while some commended them for adequate supply.
Mr Olakunle Adebayo, a resident of Maroko urged them to improve power supply in the area.
“We are being marginalised in our area because we see supply in other area when we are in outage,’’ Adebayo said.
Mr Lawal Ishola, from Agungi in Lekki commended the company over regular supply in the last two months.
Alhaji Musediku Ayinde, Chairman, Liafiaji, Okun-Aja Community Development Association said that their community had been on outage for four months.
He called on the management of the company to address the problem.
