The position of the DisCos was made known in a statement issued by Sunday Oduntan, the Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, in Abuja on Sunday.
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The Association of Nigeria Electricity Distributors says the priority of the Distribution Companies at the moment is the safety of their employees and customers, not tariff increment.
Sunday Oduntan, the Director, Research and Advocacy, ANED disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday.
The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors has condemned the burning of an injection substation (owned by Ibadan DisCo) in Ilesa, Osun by protesters.
Speaking in response to media queries, ANED’s Executive Director for Research and Advocacy, Chief Sunday Oduntan, said the umbrella body was displeased by the recent treatment of BEDC’s Managing Director, Funke Osibodu, by the Governor during a visit by the House of Representatives Committee on Power to Edo State.
Oduntan made this known on Wednesday in Abeokuta at a stakeholders forum organised by the Ogun House of Assembly.
According to Oduntan, since 2013 till date, the power sector has N300 billion funding gap and listed the military, ministries, parastatals and agencies as major debtors to the power sector