Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has assured customers within its franchise area of steady power supply during the yuletide season.
To this end, the company said, a special rapid response team had been set up to reinforce and strengthen the existing structure, with a view to responding to customers’ complaints speedily.
In a statement made available to Journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, the AEDC’s General Manager, Corporate Communications, Mr Oyebode Fadipe, said the company recognised the fact that electricity consumption is expected to increase during the yuletide season, and set up a rapid response team.
“We recognise the fact that the demand for electricity always increases during the festive season just as customers have zero tolerance for interruptions as always. That is why we have set up the special rapid response team that will respond to complaints quickly in order to clear whatever fault that is reported,” he said.
While wishing customers a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year, Fadipe urged them to adhere strictly to the safety protocols associated with the use of electricity and resist the urge to resort to unlawful use of electricity.
According to him, the payment for electricity by customers is as critical to the survival of the company as the safe use of the commodity by the customers.
“Just as we are committed to uninterrupted power supply, customers too must be committed to a tradition of paying for the electricity they consume as this is a critical survival determinant for industry. AEDC will however not hesitate to disconnect customers that fail to settle their electricity bill accurately and at the appropriate time,” he said.
On the issue of the national mass metering, AEDC’s spokesman said the programme was progressing steadily within its franchise.
He, however, reiterated the readiness of AEDC to meter all customers who currently do not have meters or whose meters are malfunctioning within its franchise area.
