By Ikechi Enwereji
The Abuja Electricity Distribution PLC, on Saturday, said there are plans underway to improve the poor power supply to the customers and the residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Adeoye Fadeyibi disclosed this in a statement made available to the PEOPLE AND POWER NEWSMAGAZINE in Abuja.
According to Fadeyibi, the essence of the statement was to apologise to their customers and the residents of the FCT, following the poor power supply.
He made the plea when updating customers on their supply improvement and the interventions of 40 QUICK-WIN PROJECTS, which he said it’s underway.
According to Fadeyibi, 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 shares the pains and trauma.
He pleaded for the customers’ understanding, accepting that it’s their responsibility and cannot absolve themselves of the problems.
“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 caution the effect of the poor power supply by what it called “quick-win intervention projects” which they have taken with the purpose of 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 the 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 compliment whatever else we get from the National Grid, this is especially for the purposes of improving supply to Metropolitan FCT.
“Additionally, aside from 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 increasing availability and customer satisfaction.
“They range from deloading the overloaded 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 every day 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 a world-class power supply in the Abuja franchise area.” The statement further claimed.
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