The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company said five power towers were damaged by suspected vandals at the Elelenwo transmission substation in Obio/Apkor Local Government Area, plunging several communities in Rivers State into darkness.
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company has explained that the destruction of five power towers at Elelenwo transmission substation in Rivers State led to a power outage in some communities in the State.
The acting Head, Corporate Communications, PHED, Ngozi Koroye, made this known in a video shared on social media.
She stated that the damage to facilities owned by Transmission Company of Nigeria happened during the December festive period.
Koroye said company felt the pains of residents in the affected communities who had been in darkness for over one month.
“The outage, though, regrettable is as a result of extensive damage caused by the activities of electricity vandals to towers 51, 52, 53, 54 and 55 – five towers situated at Elelenwo transmission substation and belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria,” she said.
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The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company said five power towers were damaged by suspected vandals at the Elelenwo transmission substation in Obio/Apkor Local Government Area, plunging several communities in Rivers State into darkness.
Acting Head, Corporate Communications, PHED, Ngozi Koroye, who disclosed this to newsmen in Port Harcourt, said the installation belongs to the Transmission Company of Nigeria.
Koroye explained that the action of the hoodlums caused extensive damage to the facility, noting that the company felt the pains of residents in the affected areas who have been in darkness for over one month.
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Hundreds of Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company customers who are mainly lawyers, on Thursday, stormed the Port Harcourt office of the company to express their displeasure over what they described as “exorbitant estimated bills” adding that they have also sent a petition to the Rivers State House of Assembly seeking their intervention in record time.
The angry electricity customers threatened to embark on a protest if the lawmakers failed to caution the electricity distribution company and address their plight.
One of the angry customers who only gave his name as Mark said despite the epileptic power supply each month, they receive huge bills.
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Published 31 December 2020
In Nigeria, more than half of registered electricity consumers get monthly bills that are estimated by the distribution companies and prepaid meters are still hard to come by, more than seven years after the privatisation of the power sector, ‘FEMI ASU reports
Millions of electricity consumers across the country lack functional meters, with many groaning under the weight of estimated bills from the distribution companies as they are deprived of the right to be in full control of how much they spend on electricity monthly.
In 2016, when Mr John Ovat was about moving into a new apartment at Rumuagholu Pipeline in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, his landlord, Dr Enang Idongesit, was sick and tired of the estimated bills he was receiving from Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company.