BEDC restores power supply to Ondo, Ekiti communities

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The BEDC Electricity Plc has announced the restoration of electricity supply to Ode-Aye town in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo South and some communities in Ekiti State

Residents of the Ondo town commended the BEDC for the restoration of electricity to the town after a long period of the blackout.

The traditional ruler of Ode-Aye, Ondo State, Oba William Akinmusayo Akinlade, the Halu of Ode-Aye Kingdom, was quoted as saying, “We thank God; after a long while, electricity is now on. We thank the BEDC. We thank the staff, management and everybody working in BEDC. God will bless you all. You will not be put into a blackout.”

According to a statement from the BEDC, the firm’s management, led by the Chief State Head, Ondo/Ekiti, Mrs Kunbi Labiyi, on Monday, charged the field staff to do everything possible to ensure that residents of Ode-Aye enjoy electricity beginning from the Yuletide.

It said the BEDC had announced its plan for the town, one of the major communities that had suffered electricity deprivation in the southern senatorial district of Ondo State, with Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu issuing a stern directive through his Technical Committee on Power that everything must be done to end the darkness that had enveloped the region in the past 12 years.

The power firm also said that in fulfilment of its pledge to Ekiti State Government, it also restored electricity supply to some communities in Ekiti, namely Erinijiyan, Ipole-Iloro and Ikogosi on Wednesday.

It said the BEDC, at a recent meeting with the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, gave the assurance that power would be restored to the tourism corridor of the state before the end of December.

According to the statement, communities in the tourism hub, which had been out of supply, included Ikogosi-Ekiti, host of the Ikogosi Warm Spring Resort; Ipole-Iloro, the base of Ariata Waterfalls, and Erinijiyan-Ekiti.

It said the firm’s Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Funke Osibodu, had, at a recent press briefing, hinted that there was ongoing rehabilitation of Ikogosi/Erinijiyan/Ipole-Iloro on Aramoko 33kV feeder, adding that communities in the areas should have more stable power soon.

“The BEDC is currently partnering Ekiti State Government in an arrangement for a more improved power supply to enable it to power its streetlights for about 10 hours a day as against the present situation where streetlights were powered for about three hours daily,” the statement added.


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