Tag: Godwin Idemudia

Cases of Assault on EKEDC Staff Worsen, Utility Firm Cries Out

Ganiyu Amodu

Eko Electricity Distribution Company(EKEDC) on Thursday cried out against assault on its staff while on duty, calling it barbaric and inhumane. This was made known in a statement signed by Godwin Idemudia, the chief spokesperson for the electricity distribution company following the assault of Sanmi Mathew Akanni, a staff with Ikate zone team under its Orile district on 29th November 2022. Idemudia stated that Sanmi was assaulted by one Ayomide Oyebanjo after an illegal connection was discovered. He said, “While in the process of disconnecting the illegal connection, bottles were…

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We’ve Taken Delivery of 150 Transformers For Service Upgrade – EKEDC

Ganiyu Amodu

Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has said that it had taken the delivery of 150 transformers in its bid to improve services to its customers. In a Statement signed by Mr. Godwin Idemudia, the General Manager, Corporate Communications, EKEDC on Wednesday, said 150 transformers have been purchased with 110 already on ground, ready to be distributed to relieve communities whose transformers are currently overloaded. Idemudia stated that this is one of the numerous CAPEX investments the company has made towards improving its services to the customers, assuring that more developments…

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EKEDC procures 217 transformers, begins Massive Infrastructure Development

Tade Salako

Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has announced that it has embarked on its capital projects for the 2021 business year. The Company in a statement by its General Manager Corporate Communication Godwin Idemudia said the projects include the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of installations across its distribution network. He revealed that the projects once completed will help the Company to achieve among other things, network improvement, increase reliability and quality of supply, allow flexibility for evacuation of additional power, address safety issues and relieve overloaded transformers and substations. READ…

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EKEDC craves end to Estimated Billing, deepens neighbouhood Mass Metering

Gbenga Adeoti

  Leading power utility firm in Nigeria, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), has advised its unmetered customers to apply for prepaid meters and get metered immediately in the on-going National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP), an initiative of the Federal Government in collaboration with Electricity Distribution Companies to bridge the metering gap in the country. In a statement signed by the General Manager, Corporate Communications, Godwin Idemudia, the Company encouraged all its Customers to endeavor to complete their meter application form online, submit so as to benefit from the ongoing…

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Court orders arrest of popular Nigerian Pastor over EKEDC’s power theft

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Utility firm, EKEDC, reads riot act to Customers, begins clamp down on illegal connection   A Nigerian Court has ordered the immediate arrest and arraignment of the Pastor of the Power & Life Christian Mission, a Church in the Amukoko area of Lagos, over an unlawful re-connection of power supply from Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) to the Church premises The leading electricity utility firm in Nigeria, EKEDC, which confirmed this in a statement made available to Platforms Africa on Friday, warned its customers to refrain from engaging in…

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EKEDC mulls Orphanages’ visit, lines up value-added activities for ‘Customer Week’

Damola Oyede

  Leading power utility firm in Nigeria, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), has revealed plans to visit Orphanages and some communities under its business network with gifts and support as parts of value-added activities to mark its Customer Service Week. The company, which on Friday said this, pledged to continue to improve its customer satisfaction whilst delivering top-notch services. In a release signed by its General Manager, Corporate Communications, Godwin Idemudia, the EKEDC stated that it was happy to celebrate its customers, describing them as the foundation of their…

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Eid-el-Kabir: EKEDC deploys staff for 24 hours Service delivery, Promises memorable, enjoyable feasts

Damilola Olonade

  Nigeria’s leading power utility firm, Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), has deployed staff for a 24/7 (round the clock) essential services, particularly to attend to the needs of customers in order to ensure a memorable and enjoyable Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. This, the utility firm that connects major parts of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital to the grid said, became necessary at a time when the world is still battling to contain the spread of the coronavirus. In a statement signed by the General Manager, Corporate Communications, Godwin Idemudia, EKEDC assured its…

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EKEDC goes tough on saboteurs, prosecutes three for fraud, impersonation

Damola Oyede

Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), one of the leading power utility firms in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, has gone tough on saboteurs as it began the prosecution of three persons over offenses bothering on fraud, conspiracy and impersonation. The three persons were arraigned before Magistrate A. A. ADESANYA of the Ojo Magistrate Court on Thursday 9th July 2020 on a four-count charge of conspiracy to commit fraud, impersonation, forgery and tampering with electricity installations within the Ojo District of EKEDC. The three, identified as Magnus Obinali a cleaner within the Ojo District;…

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EKEDC underscores top service delivery, begins new tariff

Lukman Olasunkanmi

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), a top power utility firm in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, has underscored top service delivery as it announced that customers that have more supply would pay more for power consumed from July 1, 2020. The company, which stated this in a statement sent to Platforms Africa, noted that this new service reflective tariff is in line with  regulatory policies aimed at improving service delivery. The review, the statement issued by EKEDC’s spokesman, Godwin Idemudia – an accomplished corporate communication veteran – read, is…

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