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Ikeja Disco to install 115 transformers in April

By BusinessNews Staff on March 25, 2014

The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company has embarked on the installation of transformers in areas under its purview, with a promise to inject 115 transformers into the system in the next one month.

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, IKEDC, Mr. Abiodun Ajifowobaje, who disclosed the company’s plan during a customer forum in Lagos on Saturday, said about 30 transformers had been installed to boost electricity supply in its areas of coverage.

He said that about 115 ongoing transformers projects in various sites would be completed within the next one month.

This, according to him, will be augmented by the installation of 6,000 pre-paid meters in the next one month, while another 7,000 meters will be added thereafter.

For all of these, Ajiwobaje said the IKEDC management had approved N600m fresh funds to be injected into the upgrading of the electricity network it took over from the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria.

He explained that the company had begun the installation of pre-paid meters for about 6,000 customers, who had earlier paid for the meters, and said the Disco was further targeting another set of 7,000 customers within the shortest possible time.

He said, “The board has approved about N600m for quick intervention on transformer installation and pre-paid meter installation, and we have started the pilot metering scheme.”

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