Blackout In Nnewi: EEDC Gives Reasons

The Management of Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC) has given reasons and apologised to its customers over lack of power supply being experienced recently in Nnewi and environs.

Emeka Ezeh, Head of Communications, EEDC in a statement on Tuesday, said that the loss of supply currently being experienced in Nnewi District, Anambra State, is as a result of earth fault caused by 3 fallen High Tension poles at Idemili Fly Over in the late hours of Sunday, 15th March, 2020.

According to Emeka Ezeh, the development was as a result of the activities of Julius Berger Construction Company in the ongoing road construction at Idemili, which affected the Old Nnewi 33KV and Nnewi Industrial 33KV feeders with their outgoing 11KV feeders.

Identifying the affected areas, Emeka Ezeh said that electricity users in the entire Nnewichi, Otolo and Mbanagu communities, Chikason Industrial limited, Bengas industrial limited, Innoson motors, the entire Orba, Amichi, Ichi, Uruagu, Umudim and environs, Awka Etiti, Nnobi, Ukpo and Osumenyi communities will be without electricity supply.

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While apologizing for the inconvenience it may have caused, he thanked customers for their understanding and assured them that work is already on to ensure that supply is restored as soon as possible.

It Will be recalled that Ndi Nnewi, in a meeting with EEDC  told the management of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) that its community will never ask for the previous prepaid meters to be replaced and will not pay a kobo peradventure the EEDC decides to change the meters, insisting that the new meters must be installed instantly as the old ones are being removed

These verdicts were passed in a customer forum which was in the form of an interactive session with EEDC in Nnewi.

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