The Federal Government has accused some electricity distribution companies (DisCos) of deliberate sabotage by refusing to take up power supply from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in an attempt to compound the current power crisis.
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, who stated this, said his ministry is putting together a monitoring and evaluation committee to rate the performances of all the DisCos and sanction anyone that failed to live up to the expectations.
“Henceforth, management of DisCos would be queried for non-performance or have their licence revoked over non-performance,” the minister stated.
Determined to ensure the implementation of his decision, Adelabu summoned the chief executives of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) and Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) to a meeting this week over the worsening power supply in their regions.
Also, invited over the worsening power situation is the managing director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Sule Ahmed Abdulazeez.
According to a statement by the special adviser on Strategic Communication and Media Relations to the minister, Bolaji Tunji said he expressed worry over the worsening power supply and revealed plans by the federal government to query non-performing power distribution companies.
Recall that there has been an abysmal power supply situation nationwide since the beginning of this year.
Several parts of Abuja have been experiencing blackouts as the TCN on Wednesday, February 28, confirmed the vandalisation of its transmission towers by vandals.
The transmission company said that Tower 70 along its 330kV Gwagwalada-Katampe Transmission line was ‘seriously vandalised.’
The unfortunate incident, the company said, occurred on the 26th of February at about 11.32 pm.
A similar situation happened in several parts of the country recently, making many Nigerians protest against the erratic power supply, or a complete blackout.
