The acting Managing Director/CEO of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, Chijioke Okuwuokenye, has stated that the burgeoning debts and electricity overloading are some of the reasons why power distribution companies reject electricity from the national grid despite blackouts in many communities.
He stated that the problem is worsened by the prevailing culture in Nigeria, where many people do not see the need to pay for electricity.
The MD, represented by the Chief Operating Officer of AEDC, Olumide Jerome, said this during a question-and-answer session at the just-concluded fourth Power Correspondent Association of Nigeria’s annual workshop, themed “Ending the Talk, Moving the Action.”
He was responding to the notion that electricity load rejection was one of the reasons for the incessant collapse of the national grid.
The AEDC boss stated that there are communities where, no matter how much electricity is given to them, they often pay N2,000. He also affirmed the need for a public orientation on the value chain of the power sector.
