Osun Governor Tackles IBEDC Over Poor Electricity
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has tackled and berated the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) over poor power supply in the state. He said that the situation is unacceptable.
Millions of Nigerians pay through nose for darkness. The distribution companies including IBEDC charge a lot even though the people do not enjoy stable power supply.
The reaction of the PDP governor was coming at a time the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission finalized plans to increase the electricity tarrif for Nigerian consumers.
While attending a stakeholders’ meeting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, the Osun State governor said the situation was “unacceptable that the state will be having an epileptic power supply,” the situation he stressed has been affecting the local economy and businesses badly.
He told the IBEDC officials that Osogbo, Osun State capital is very crucial to the National Transmission Control Center. Yet the state doesn’t have good power supply.
His spokesperson, Rasheed Olawale, released a statement later. Ademola Adeleke further said, Apart from the fact that power outages contribute to growing insecurity, there are also issues of extortion of customers through transformer procurement, estimated billing that exploits the consumers and inability of some residents of the state to buy energy due to the old metering system.
“To this effect, Osun is already working to enact the State’s Electricity System Law that will enable it to set up a Power Sector Regulatory Agency with a view to ensuring that people of Osun State are properly served within IBEDC franchise areas.
“As a government, we are already working to enact the Osun Electricity system law. We will be setting up a power sector regulatory agency. We will introduce off grid options and widen alternative energy sources.”
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