Persistent power outages across Enugu State during the Yuletide have left residents and businesses counting losses, with many spending heavily on fuel and struggling to preserve food amid poor electricity supply.
EEDC has dismissed allegations by the Imo State Government accusing the utility of planning a massive outage to undermine state power projects, insisting the claims are false and politically driven.
● Ferdy Agu
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has announced that it will soon embark on a massive disconnection of customers who have...
The metering exercise will begin in Enugu on Tuesday, June 11th, 2024, focusing on EEDC customers in the Ogui, Awkunanaw, and Abakpa districts. According to Emeka Ezeh, the Head of Corporate Communications at EEDC, the Mobile MAP metering approach is a strategic effort to ensure that "customers under service Band A are metered within 48 hours."
NSCDC deploys 500 personnel from Edo to Osun to strengthen security and protect voters, electoral materials and infrastructure ahead of the August 15 election.
Democracy will be strengthened when politicians respect party constitutions and resolve internal disputes without unnecessarily burdening the courts, Amina Augie says.