The Federal Capital Territory’s Civil Service Commission has begun regularising staff appointments in the FCTA and the FCDA.
“The daily minimum 20-hour supply still stands.’’
“Normal meter recharge activities will commence immediately after the rollover is completed.’’
Mr Eze said the prepaid meter upgrade was compulsory for prepaid meter customers.
Mr Eze stated that “the outage is to enable the Transmission Company of Nigeria engineers to carry out maintenance on their facility.”
EEDC, allaying fears of customers concerned they might be billed for electricity not consumed, noted that “the company does not bill for service not rendered.”
“This led to the union shutting down our source of supply at Egbu Transmission Station, leaving us with no energy to distribute to our customers.”
“We are unable to provide service to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states,” EEDC said.
He said the blackout had occasioned revenue loss of multiple millions and may get to billions if not urgently addressed.
He urged electricity consumers to pay current and outstanding bills to avoid being disconnected.
