Fedricx consult blog..: EKO DISTRIBUTION COMPANY IN ACTION

Thursday 2 January 2014

EKO DISTRIBUTION COMPANY IN ACTION

The ECN and the Niger Dam Authority (NDA) were merged to become the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) with effect from the 1 April 1972. The actual merger did not take place until 6 January 1973 when the first general manager was appointed.

In 2007, the Bureau of Public Enterprises hired CPCS Transcom Limited, an international consulting firm based in Ottawa, Ontario, to provide advice about the best ways to move forward with the privatization of the country's 11 distribution companies and the 6 generation companies. In 2010, CPCS was consulted again in order to provide advice on the Nigerian government's privatization program.

This privatization was ensured and NEPA was changed to PHCN. The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), formerly the National Electric Power Authority was an organization governing the use of electricity in Nigeria. PHCN ceased to exist from 30th September 2013 following a successful privatization process by the Goodluck Jonathan government.

The just concluded sale of former National Electric Power Authority (NEPA), Power Holding Company Of Nigeria (PHCN) To Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) in 2013 brought joy to many citizens of Nigeria as many saw it a prayer well answered.

The new company however, started work in Kirikiri town as they were found testing a faulty component in the transformer beside St. Joseph Catholic Church. They came with a fault testing equipment to ascertain where the problem was coming from. Kirikiri town gladly anticipates that there will be a righteous change and our bulbs will shine only when we want it to.

This is the welcome address of Engineer Oladele Amoda (CEO EKEDC) gotten from their website.

“I welcome you personally to the website of Eko Electricity Distribution company. The website was designed with you, our esteemed customers in mind. We have included customer oriented features such as, forms for new connection request, outage report and FAQ. The website also highlights some of our ongoing turnkey projects and their immediate impacts on you. We are in the age of social media; EKEDC is compliant and has presence on social media. Please communicate with us on FACEBOOK and follow us on twitter by clicking on the appropriate link on the top of the page. The buzz word in the energy world is conservation and going green. We have included tips on how to save energy and make the environmental greener from a power consumption reduction point of view. Feedback is important to us. We appreciate interaction with you on the available channels open on this site. Thank you for your precious time, I look forward to read from you as you use the rich features of the website".