The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company has called on its customers and residents in Anambra State to steer clear of power lines and other electricity rights of way for their safety.
The Head of Corporate Communications of the company, Mr Emeka Ezeh, made the call during an engagement session with customers in Awka.
He said, “We are worried by vandalism of installation and the abuse of power right of way, though we are not the enforcers, we call on the government to save residents from the danger by ensuring that there are no activities around 5.5 metres on both sides of the 33 and 11 KV lines.”
Ezeh said energy theft and vandalism of installation were other operational challenges the EEDC was facing and called on customers to help the business serve them better by tackling the challenges.
He said the engagement session was meant to interact with the company’s customers in the area for feedback to identify their challenges and address them for better service delivery.
According to him about 50,000 metres were needed to close the metering gap and called on customers to take advantage of the ongoing process where they could acquire metres and pay for them over some time.
He said the company was supplying power to the best of its ability within the limit of allocation it received from the generation companies.
