IT IS ILLEGAL FOR COMMUNITIES TO PAY FOR TRANSFORMERS, CABLES, POLES – ADELABU
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The minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu, has clarified that the purchase of transformers, electricity poles, or power cables, among others, is the responsibility of power distribution companies (DISCOs) and not power consumers resident in communities.
The minister made this revelation while meeting with the management of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company on Saturday during his inspection and evaluation trip of the city’s electrical systems and facilities.
He bemoaned the complaints made by power users over the metering system and pledged to halt the trend, promising the DISCOs that the federal government would support them in this respect, adding that he would address the problem by canceling the estimated billings in the power sector.
He said, “It is the responsibility of the distribution companies to provide transformers, cables, and poles to communities so that power supply can improve.
“A situation where communities buy transformers, cables, and poles must stop. I know that you have these centers, but how effective are they to ensure that customer complaints are attended to?
“As a minister, I don’t want to hear news of communities being asked to purchase electric transformers, cables, and poles. If the consumers are paying for the electricity, then it is the responsibility of the distribution companies to provide these items.
“There must be improvements in power supply. That is what the government planned to do. People should not pay for darkness. When people have a 24-hour power supply, they can pay double for electricity because you have saved them the money for power generators.
“We don’t want to hear the news of communities buying transformers, cables, and poles for themselves again. The federal government frowns at it. You see what we have done in Kaduna. Service to our people is paramount. It is the responsibility that Mr. President has placed on us. You are not number one, two or three, you are struggling to be number four on the rating,” he added.
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