Following the power outage which has hit a good number of towns in Anambra State since Thursday 16th of September 2021 that has disorganized residents the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company has issued a statement aiming at explaining to their customers the cause of this problem in the bid to pacify them and ask for patience and understanding from the customers, the statement was signed by Emeka Ezeh whom is the company’s Head of Cooperate Communications and it reads as follows;
LOSS OF SUPPLY IN PARTS OF ANAMBRA STATE
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC), wishes to inform her esteemed customers in parts of Anambra State that the outage currently being experienced in Awka and Ekwulobia Districts is as a result of loss of supply from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Onitsha-Oji 132KV line, which affected Agu Awka and Nibo Stations.
The outage which occurred at 07:22pm of yesterday, Thursday, 16th September 2021, due to the tripping of the 132KV line, affected power supply to the entire Awka District as well as Neni and Agulu 33KV feeders under Ekwulobia District.
With this development, the entire Awka, Agulu, Nise, Awgbu, Aguluizuigbo, Nanka, Umuchu, Achina, Uga, Obodoukwu, Isuofia, Mkpologwu, Adazinuku, Adaziani, Oraukwu, Nnokwa, Alor, Adazienu, Obeledu, Akwaeze, Igboukwu, Oraezi, NAFDAC, Akpamkpisi, Agbadani, Eke Market, Jiodo, Igwe Nri, Nri Boys, Aguluezechukwu Town, Ula, Umuchiana, parts of Ekwulobia, Ihuokpala, Nkolo, parts of Oko Road, Agba, Ekuwlobia Road, Eke Ekwulobia, parts of Stadium Road, Ekekanaya, Ortom Place Hotel, and Bank Road, are out of supply.
We sincerely regret the inconveniences this has caused our esteemed customers and assure them that supply will be restored as soon as the TCN team completes the maintenance.
EEDC remains committed to delivering improved services to her customers.
Signed:
Emeka Ezeh
Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC.
We hope that the fault being currently experienced will be fixed soon so that things can return to normalcy as the current increase in the price of Petrol across the state is making matters more difficult as a lot of people cannot afford to power their generators.
