Explosion: EKEDC to restore power supply to Abule-Ado community – Official

Eko Electricity Distribution Company says power supply would soon be restored to Abule-Ado communities affected by the March 15 gas explosion in that axis.

Its General Manager Corporate Communications, Godwin Idemudia, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos.

According to Idemudia, the restoration work will commence soon in line with the Lagos State Government guidelines.

NAN reports that about 20 persons were killed and 60 others injured in the explosion, which also affected several buildings and EKEDC assets and installations in the area and plugged the area in darkness.

Idemudia said the district as well as headquarters team of EKEDC had made inspection visits to Abule-Ado to sympathise with the community and assess the extent of damage to its installations.

He said the inspection visits also helped it to determine the required materials to restore supply to the affected areas of the community.

He said: “Given the nature of the incident, we had to engage many Lagos State Government agencies, after which we got the layout plan for the restoration of the area.

“However, after a thorough review of the documents, the EKEDC team observed discrepancies in the site layout from the state government viz-a-viz what is on ground.

“This made it imperative that we jointly visit the site to harmonise the position of all stakeholders to enable EKEDC commence restoration works in line with Lagos State Government developmental plans for the area.”

Idemudia said following the success of the joint visit, which was held on June 10, it was agreed that EKEDC begins restoration works in line with the approved layout and building setback regulations.

He said: “The restoration of electricity to the communities in Abule-Ado will alleviate the suffering of the people who have been in total blackout for about three months now with its attendant security, health and economic issues.

“This will consequently restore the revenue of EKEDC being lost in the area.”

NAN.