Works ongoing to restore power supply to FCE Okene, face-off reports fake – AEDC
Story from Abah ADAH, Abuja
The management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has debunked reports of a face-off between it and the management of Federal College of Education (FCE) Okene, Kogi State over the disruption of power supply to the Institution.
AEDC explained in a statement that the blackout was a fallout of a fault along the network which it is working assiduously with the management of the school to fix and restore normal power supply there.
The institution had over the weekend lamented that it was unable to resume for the second semester after its transformer broke down leaving the institution without public power supply for over 42 days.
The statement reads in part: “The attention of the management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) has been drawn to some media reports dated 14th November 2022 alleging that the company was at loggerheads with the management of the Federal College of Education (FCE) Okene, Kogi State over the disruption of power supply to the Institution.
“We wish to reaffirm that both company and college are working together to resolve the issue.
“AEDC, therefore, uses this medium to reaffirm that the above publication is false as the company is in fact in a cordial relationship with the customer as against the purported report.”
The company explained that it places a high premium on its customers and thus will never deliberately inflict pain or discomfort on them.
Acknowledging the existence of the complaint presented by the FCE, AEDC
stated that it had since swung into action by ensuring the swift repairs of the damaged transformer.
“This is one case we have taken very seriously. From the outset, we have broken protocol and even tagged it as a top priority to get it resolved. It is callousness and pure mischief for anyone to circulate a media release that seeks to project AEDC as an insensitive or unresponsive organisation,” AEDC Chief Marketing Officer, Mr Donald Etim said.
