We Are Working On Restoring Power Supply To Origbo Mejeeje – IBEDC

 

THE Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has said it was working hard to restore power supply to communities in Ife North Local Government Council, which had been experiencing total blackout for some months.

The affected communities, known as Origbo Mejeeje are: Moro, Ipetumodu, Asipa, Isope, Edunabon, Akinlalu, Yakoyo.

 Leaders of the communities, under the aegis of Ife North Progressive Presidents, had appealed to the IBEDC to find a lasting solution to the blackout and restore electricity back to their towns.

According to the community leaders, the blackout had paralysed businesses in the area and put the towns at risk. 

However, the IBEDC, in a release by its Regional Communication Officer, Osun Region, Mrs. Kikelomo Owoeye, assured the communities of the company’s relentless efforts in restoring power back to the area.

Owoeye appealed to members of the community to continue exercising patience while the company work on ensuring that the faulty transformer is resuscitated and power supply is restored to the affected communities.

She said: “The Moro 7.5MVA transformer got faulty and IBEDC has been working on it to see that it is resuscitated but to no avail. 

“We have not relented since it happened and we have been engaging the representatives of the affected communities in the Origbo Mejejeeje. 

“We appreciate the patience of the community members and the youths. We are not resting on our oars as we are trying to ensure that the transformer is repaired and power is restored to the communities.

“We want to appeal to our esteemed customers to continue to exercise patience while we work on ensuring the transformer is resuscitated and power supply is restored to the affected communities.”

Meanwhile, the State of Osun House of Assembly has summoned the Managing Director of the IBEDC, the Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) over the blackout in the communities.

A motion to summon the IBEDC, NERC and FCCPC was moved by Hon. Tunde Olatunji, the lawmaker representing Ife North State Constituency in the House of Assembly on Wednesday.

Moving the motion during Plenary, Olatunji who doubles as the Chief Whip, stated that it became necessary towards finding a lasting solution to the total system collapse of the 7.5MVA electricity power substation in his constituency.

The lawmaker said, “I moved a motion on the power outage in Ife North State Constituency and the poor responsiveness of the electricity service provider as a matter of urgent public importance at the plenary today.