Ondo South: NERC To Enforce Directive To BEDC

Abuja - Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it will compel the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) to comply with it directive to reconnect some communities in parts of Ondo South back to the national grid.

Vice chairman, Sanusi Garba disclosed this while addressing protesters drawn from civil society groups in Delta, Edo, Ekiti and Ondo States at the commission's headquarters on Thursday in Abuja.

Garba who was in company of top management staffs noted BEDC flouted the directive issued to the company to "immediately" restore power back to consumers in Odigbo, Okitipupa, Irele, Ilaje and Ese Odo local government areas of Ondo state, after 10-years without electricity.

"The issue of Ondo south has to do with enforcement. BEDC has not obeyed the order of the commission.

"I want to assure you on behalf of the commission that we will immediately dust up all the papers, and make sure the right thing is done", the Vice chairman told the activists.

Recall the commission had after a meeting with stakeholders from the area in July 2017 directed the company to reconnect the affected communities, especially consumers disconnected based on commercial issues.

The activists led by Leftist Omobude Agho  had faulted the nation's electricity regulatory body over it refusal to sanction BEDC for flouting the directive.

"NERC gave a directive to BEDC to reconnect us back to the national grid, BEDC disobeyed and NERC did not do anything", a member of Bring Back Our Light (BBOL) group, Akinsuroju Henry earlier told the Garba-led team.

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