Customers to expect improved power supply as KEDCO gets N9bn CBN intervention

From Mustapha Adamu, Kano

The franchise areas of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) will witness improved power supply as the firm accessed the power sector intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The company had also stressed that the intervention would go a long way in facilitating an efficient distribution of electricity to Nigerians, including its franchise area of Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states.

Speaking during an inspection tour of the supply and construction interventions by the CBN on Friday , the Managing Director of the company, Dr. Jamil Isyaku Gwanna said that while some of the projects were supply materials, others were construction projects.

He said that the interventions were all intended to enhance power delivery to the customers, adding that they would impact positively on power supply in their franchise area of Kano, Jigawa and Katsina States.

He acknowledged that already, a lot of the transformers and related equipment had been delivered, adding that they were ready for installation at their different areas of needs within the franchise area.

“We are also constructing new feeders across our franchise areas that would de-load some of the areas that are already congested, ”he added.

He expressed profound gratitude to the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, the Minister Power, Babatunde Fashola and to all the relevant stakeholders for this encouraging initiative.

Managing Director, further said under the Interventions, distribution and construction of transformer accessories were provided, noting that the development will assist in deloading some of the feeders at the conjunction areas.