By Adaobi Rhema Oguejiofor
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, has urged the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) to provide meters to all households in the state in order to ensure greater transparency, accountability and good service delivery.
Prof. Aluko, who made the call in Ado Ekiti during a meeting with the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BEDC, Mr. Deolu Ijose, stressed that metering households would enhance transparency and redeem the negative image that Discos have inherited from the now obsolete Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).
Aluko emphasized that meters would guarantee that customers only pay for what they use and also save them the embarrassment of being unduly and randomly disconnected, adding that it would also curtail wastage.
The Commissioner asked for the collaboration of BEDC in the distribution of electricity that would be generated through the State Independent Power Plant (IPP), noting that using the company’s overhead electricity lines as against using underground cable would assist in ensuring optimum distribution of the 5 megawatts expected output of the power plant.