By Jabiru Hassan, Kano.
Kano electricity distribution company has reassured it’s customers of improved power supply across franchise states despites some challenges.
This was disclosed by the acting Managing director and chief executive officer of the company Alhaji Abubakar Yusuf at a press conference held Tuesday at the company’s head office Kano.
He stressed that KEDCO is trying to meet the customers demands of constant electricity supply in Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states where he urged the customers to exercise more patient as the company is making good efforts to achieving the mission.
He added that ” we are making advancements in tackling major obstacles that retards our efforts and from what is going on, our services would reach everywhere despite so many challenges affecting the company’s zeal and determination to better services, but we are succeeding”. He stressed.
Abubakar Yusuf reiterated that KEDCO is having various degrees of issues that are affecting its determination to supply power although the company requires 600 megawatts but only acquired 180 megawatts which is a great issue.
He lamented that other challenges affecting the company includes lack of prompt payments of electricity bills and vandalization of equipments from unpatriotic elements, but assured that they are making good efforts to actualize their objectives of providing constant power supply.
Responding to the alleged diverting power supply to some selected industrial areas, Abubakar Yusuf announced that the company operates on bands which are based on the capacity of the consumers and according to him, this will not deter constant electricity supply as all hands remained on deck to ensure that KEDCO reach everywhere without bias.
