A staff of PHCN lost his life after being electrocuted in Abule Egba area of Lagos State The man before his untimely death went with other staff of the power company was in the area to disconnect the electricity due to non-payment of electricity bills. An eyewitness, who confirmed the incident said, the deceased had […]
By Kingsley Chukwuka The management of Jos DISCO on Tuesday said it spent N1,450, 000, 000 (one billion, four hundred and fifty million naira) to procure 20,000 meters out of which it has received a delivery of 6,000, Daily Times gathered. The electricity company said the meters will be delivered to its franchise states of […]
…as consumers call for a review on privatisation Micheal Ajayi Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), General Manager, Corporate Communication, Mr Oyebode Fadipe has said the pace of metering of electricity consumers is slow because of low liquidity in the sector. Fadipe made this disclosure on Thursday in an audience participatory programme of Radio Nigeria in […]
United Labour Congress of Nigeria, ULC, has decried the protracted issue of unpaid benefits to former staff of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, by the federal government five years after the privatization of the assets of PHCN. At a meeting of its Central Working Committee, CWC, in Lagos, leaders of ULC called […]
The people of Alisimie Idumu-Itenei Community in Agbor kingdom, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, have, in strong terms, condemned the alleged outrageous electricity bills sent to various villages in the community by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC). Speaking on behalf of the nine villages in the area, the chairman, Alisimie Central […]
… as Reps moves to investigate sale of N20bn PHCN non-core assets The National Assembly is set to begin debates on the N8.612 trillion 2018 Budget presented to it by President Muhammadu Buhari, two weeks ago. While the Senate has said it would commence debate on the budget on November 28 through 29, the House […]
Electricity consumers who bypass their meters will be forced to pay up to N450,000 as fine, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has declared. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission is not smiling at all. The commission has announced that henceforth the penalty for bypassing a meter ranges from N50,000 to N450,000. According to NERC, these financial […]
Unimpressed with the performance index of electricity companies in the country, the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Company (SSAEAC) has urged the Federal Government to re-examine the privatization agreement of the nation’s power sector. Mr Chris Okonkwo, the President of the association, who made the call at an interactive session yesterday in Lagos, […]
The Jos Electricity Distribution Plc, in Plateau State, was one of the new buyers of the Power Holding Company Of Nigeria (PHCN) during the privatisation exercise by the President Jonathan led government. The head of public affairs in Jos, Mr. Paul Ikwu, said the epileptic power supply currently being witnessed by the Plateau […]
Nigerians may continue to experience power outage, following a drop in power generation from 4,500megawatts to 2,700 megawatts. This was disclosed, on Thursday, in Abuja, by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Power, Amb. Godknows Igali. He told journalists after briefing the Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy that gas and crude oil […]
According to the 2013 annual report of Nigeria’s Presidential Task Force on Power (PTFP) Nigerians are among the people most deprived of grid-based electricity in the world, with a per capita consumption that is far lower than most countries in the world. In the last couple of years, I have posted no less than a […]