UPDATE: IBEDC TO RECONNECT OYO COMMUNITY AFTER 10-YEARS
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The Lalupon neighborhood in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, has been without power for ten years. To address this issue, the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company implemented alternate procedures on Wednesday.
According to a report, locals in Ibadan organized a nonviolent demonstration against the corporation on Monday.
Christopher Lawal, the IBEDC officer in charge of the Technical Unit, spoke to reporters and explained that the organization is currently taking steps to back feed some of the remaining distribution substations from an alternate feeder, while also putting 40 transformers on load shedding and providing supply to 65% of its feeder’s customers.
Lawal said, “Other measures being put in place are the New Asejire to Lalupon quick wins and extensive use of isolators with the existing network arrangement within a timeline of three weeks as well as cascading of load between feeders within a timeline of four weeks.”
Lawal stated that the Odo Ori 11kV feeder would be changed to a 33kV feeder within eight to nine weeks as the medium-term option.
The engineer emphasized the company’s dedication to interacting with the community, noting that it has already arranged multiple meetings with local leaders to elucidate the circumstances and discuss potential solutions.
“We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused by these challenges and are using this medium to assure our customers that every effort is being made to expedite the completion of the 33kV substation project and restore full power supply to Lalupon community and its environ community.
“As a customer centric company, we are deeply concerned about the supply situation, as such we have held over ten meetings with the leaders of the communities to explain the situation.
“These meetings with community leaders underscore our commitment to resolving these issues and improving service delivery,” he said.
Also speaking, the Coordinating Head, Corporate Services, Angela Olanrewaju lamented that despite the award of the 33KV substation project in Lalupon, funded by the Central Bank of Nigeria as part of the IBEDC-PIP CBN CAPEX PROJECTS–2023, the project was pending due to the awaited CBN financial intervention.
In his brief remarks, the Oyo Regional Head, Olumide Akinmusire, assured them that all hands were on deck to improve on the company’s services while deliberate actions are already being put in place to ensure more efficiency in its operations.
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