The federal government has invited heads of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) and Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) over poor power supply in their service areas.
Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power, also invited Sule
Abdulazeez, managing director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), for
the same reason.
Since the turn of the year, electricity supply to the
nation’s capital and across the country has gone from bad to worse, with
distribution companies citing gas constraints to generating companies (GenCos)
as reason for the prolonged, agonising blackout.
In a statement, Bolaji Tunji, special adviser on strategic
communications and media relations to the minister, said power supply should
have improved because of the pressure mounted on GenCos to increase their
output.
“These two DisCos
have been summoned due to the worsening power supply situation in their regions
despite improved supply from TCN,” Tunji said.
“So, we expect power supply to have improved across the
country, unlike what we are experiencing in some regions presently.
“Findings revealed that some distribution companies were
deliberately not taking up power supply from TCN, while some power lines were
also damaged by vandals in Abuja, Benin, Port Harcourt and Ibadan regions.”
The aide said the minister has threatened non-performing
DisCos nationwide with “outright licence revocation”.
Tunji said the minister also directed TCN to commence repair
work on the damaged transmission lines.
The aide added that despite the shortage of gas, power
generation has been ramped up to over 4000MW in recent days.
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