Ikeja Electric, which made its debut appearance at the prestigious Awards, was nominated in three categories: Best Corporate Communications Team, Best Stakeholder Engagement and SERA’s Prize for Innovation
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The Ikeja Electric Plc says it has won Corporate Pacesetter in Power Sector and Health, Safety and Environment Campaign awards for 2018.
Felix Ofulue, the Head, Corporate Communications Unit, in a statement said that this was to close the metering gap within its network in a renewed commitment to satisfy the yearnings of customers.
The Head, Corporate Communications of IE, Felix Ofulue, gave the assurance in a statement in Lagos.
Felix Ofulue, the Head, Corporate Communications of IE, said in Lagos that the company was losing millions of naira to energy theft, vandalism and meter bypass.
Rafiu Busari, a resident of Ikosi Ketu, said that residents of the area were given crazy bills that ranged from N11, 000 to N25, 600 when the supply within the month was not regular.
As a result of this new facility, the DisCo will be able to wheel more power to its customers at Odugunyan, Agbede, Odonla, Ogijo, Igbosoro, Ita-Oluwo, Poboyejo, Agodo, Cantonment, Fakale, Ita-Elewa, Odo-Kekere, Agbede, Ogijo and environs.
The Disco, according to the recent safety report released by the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency, recorded no loss of life either of employees or third party between January and March this year.
Olajide Kumapayi, the Business Manager, Ikeja Business Unit told News Agency of Nigeria at the forum in Ojodu, Lagos that the strategy was also to get closer to the consumers.
Ikeja Electric Chief Commercial Officer, Folake Soetan, said at the launch of the initiative in Ikorodu, Lagos on Wednesday that UBA would also grant loans to payment agents nominated by the communities, who would operate the POS terminals.
The two-week vocational training was held at the Community Vocational Centre in Oshodi, Lagos and it provided a platform for the participants to hone their culinary and entrepreneurial skills, with a view to setting up small scale business.
The game, which is novel in the electricity industry, is designed as an education and entertainment tool, and provides information relating to hazards and common violations as well as other operational aspects of the business to customers in IE network in a family-friendly format.
The IE Head of Corporate Communications, Felix Ofulue, said in a statement in Lagos on Saturday that the youths were trained in catering for two weeks.
Both laws are expected to be signed this week by the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode
The three men were apprehended in the late hours of December 21, 2017 at Abiola Street, Oke-Ira, Ogba, Lagos, while reconnecting customers of Ikeja Electric who had been disconnected following outstanding bills owed the Disco.
Awase said the accused and two others, who had yet to be apprehended, assaulted two workers of Ikeja Electric, John Oluwole and Uwaoman Ibiam.
Speaking on the certification, the Company’s Head of Corporate Communications, Felix Ofulue, explained that with this achievement, Ikeja Electric Plc becomes the first and only company in the power sector to receive this highly-prized OHSAS 18001 Certification.
To qualify, customers will need to pay their bills and take the evidence of payment to any of Ikeja Electric Business Unit Offices or Undertakings, following which they will receive a raffle ticket.
The exercise, which entails capturing the phone numbers, contact details and e-mails of customers within her network, seeks to ensure that customers begin to receive records/data of their energy consumption and monthly bills on a real-time basis via e-mail/sms immediately the data is processed and generated
Mayowa Adedoyin and Yemi Aina, both male, who were convicted on a two count charge were arraigned at the Federal High Court in Lagos, before Honourable Justice Abdulaziz Anka, where they both pleaded guilty as charged and were sentenced to spend the next two years in Kirikiri Prisons.