DISCO Upgrades Facilities With 350 Transformers, 203 Vehicles

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) says it has installed 350 transformers to its customers and acquired 103 vehicles to ensure effective service delivery.
Mr Ahmed Shekarau, its Head, Media and Public Relations, told newsmen in Abuja yesterday that 100 motorcycles had also been acquired.
According to him, the facilities have since been distributed, while the vehicles were already in use.
Shekarau said that the vehicles would ease transportation challenges among the company’s workers and ensure efficient distribution of electricity.
He explained that the motorbikes would ensure easy movement and monitoring in remote areas where the customers were resident.
“We inherited a system where even basic information system was not available but after AEDC bought the company from PHCN in Nov. 2013, the management provided new model billing systems and equipment.
He said the new equipment had proved more efficient than the ones inherited.
Shekarau called on AEDC’s customers to ensure prompt payment of electricity bills, to support the company for optimum performance.
He explained that AEDC needed money to maintain its facilities, adding that if customers did not pay energy bills, services would be grounded.