Federal Government Warns DISCOS to Stop Asking Communities to Buy Transformers, Poles, Others

Power Minister, Dr. Adebayo Adelabu has warned Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOS) to stop compelling communities to buy electricity installation items.

According to the minister, such items, include transformers, electricity poles, power cables, and other accessories.

Adelabu issued the warning at a meeting with top officials of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company at their headquarters in Ibadan, as part of his tour of power facilities in the area.

The minister said it amounted to exploitation because it was their responsibility to provide all the infrastructure required for electricity distribution since they were billing consumers for their services.

He promised that the federal government would aggressively address the complaints of consumers’ overestimated billings, promising that it would end soon.

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A situation where communities buy transformers, cables, and poles must stop. I know that you have these centers but how effective are they to ensure that customer complaints are attended to?

As a minister, I don’t want to hear news of communities being asked to purchase electric transformers, cables, and poles.

If the consumers are paying for the electricity, then it is the responsibility of the distribution companies to provide these items.

There must be an improvement in the power supply. That is what the government planned to do. People should not pay for darkness.

When people have a 24-hour power supply, they can pay double for electricity because you have saved them the money to power generators.

We don’t want to hear the news of communities buying transformers, cables, and poles for themselves again. The federal government frowns at it. You see what we have done in Kaduna.

Service to our people is paramount. It is the responsibility that Mr. President has placed on us. You are not number one, two, or three, you are struggling to be number four on the rating.