33 More EKEDC Feeders Are Approved By NERC To Be Moved To Band A

THE Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has authorized the migration of 33 more feeders to Band A within the Eko Electricity Distribution Company's (EKEDC) franchise region.

Ajeast, Annex, Army Resettlement, British America Tobacco, CIG, Coker, Dideolu, Droyers, Empire Court, Estate, Etim Inyang, Firro, Freeman, Glover, Heritage, M&K Express, Mega Plaza, Montgomery 1, Moore Road, Nest Oil, NIMR, Nipost, Osborne, Ozumba Mbadiwe, Palace Road, Rocky Estate, Rumens, Smith, Station Feeder (Nitel), Victoria Arobieke, DPR, and Nitel are the feeders.

On Friday, April 12, EKEDC announced this in a statement issued by Babatunde Lasaki, the company's general manager of corporate communications.

“In our bid to serve our customers better, we are looking to even add more feeders to the list of our Band A feeders so that more customers can enjoy a guaranteed 20 hours of power supply daily.

“It is also our commitment to ensure that customers under other service bands, that is, Bands B to E also enjoy their guaranteed minimum supply hours while we work to improve our power supply,” Lasaki said.

The company's general manager stated that EKEDC was aiming to establish a stable and uninterruptible power supply and to do away with supply outages within its franchise region.

He said, “The EKEDC is dedicated to investing more in infrastructural capacity to improve power supply and is working with all stakeholders to ensure a minimum of 20 hours of supply is available to all its customers.”