The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has said that it has injected N500 million to improve power supply in Minna, the Niger State capital.
The Regional Manager of the company, Mahmud Keni who made the disclosure on Tuesday to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said people now enjoy 15 hours of power supply a day from about 5 hours in the past.
According to him: “The financial implication of the equipment we used to improve power supply in Minna is over N500 million."
While noting the challenges facing the power supply in the state, he said the company had mapped out strategies to tackle the issues.
He said: “We came up with a lot of strategies and one of them was replacement of damaged equipments responsible for the epileptic power supply experienced by consumers in the state."
He added that the company had also replaced 11 damaged panels that controlled distribution in the state.
While highlighting one of the issues that led to the epileptic power supply in Minna, he said before the panels were changed, the company had to combine two or three feeders to one panel.
He added that: “As a result of this immediately the feeders get hot the power supply will trip off, thereby causing interruption of electricity supply.
“Before now, we could not supply electricity for more than five hours at a stretch due to the damaged panels."
Keni further stated that the company's intervention increased the bill payments by consumers.
“In the last one month we have witnessed an increase in the payment of electricity bills. I think the people are happy,” he said.
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