Eko Electricity Distribution Company has commended its employees for their outstanding efforts in making the organisation a trailblazer in the power sector as it marks its 10th anniversary.
In a statement signed by the General Manager of Corporate Communications of EKEDC, Babatunde Lasaki, the power firm described the 10-year journey as incredible and laudable with lots of learning points and room for improvement.
The Managing Director of EKEDC, Tinuade Sanda, lauded the entire workforce for their resilience, innovative and disruptive commitment towards providing a safe, constant, and reliable power supply to the customers.
She said, “The company’s technological integration is the bedrock of its performance as it deployed superior business processes backed by state-of-the-art technology in line with global best practices.”
Sanda stated that the goals for the next decade will be 100 per cent metering of its customers, zero electricity accidents and fatalities, improved customer service and zero downtime in power supply.
She lauded the staff’s dedication, encouraging them to continue contributing to the power sector’s growth.
She paid tribute to colleagues who passed away on duty and commended predecessors for laying the foundation for current success.
The statement read in part, “We are indeed happy to have attained 10 years of empowering the quality of lives of all our stakeholders and we are grateful to our customers for their patronage.
“In the last ten years, we have deployed a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition/ Distribution Management System that allows for remote access and control of our infrastructure, the first of its kind in the distribution side of the power sector in Nigeria.
“We have moved our metering process to an automated system, and we have metered our feeders and transformers for efficient monitoring and accurate billing to reduce billing disputes.”
Lasaki added that the company had also attained global certification to help manage the information assets entrusted to us.
He said, “Our staff is behind the scenes making all our dreams come to fruition. They go above and beyond to ensure our customers are satisfied. And they are the engine room driving the wheel of our success and the accolades we have received in the last ten years.
“In all these, we have stayed committed to our CSR pillars, health and wellness, sports and entrepreneurship, education and capacity building, environment and safety.”
Lasaki disclosed that the most notable challenges the company experienced in the last decade include managing the increasing energy demand, maintaining the grid’s resilience, revenue collection issues and meeting up with metering all customers.
“We are looking forward to a future where all our customers are metered, where there is minimal downtime and zero incidents,” he added.
