Kaduna Electric Renews Commitment To Boost Power Supply

Managing director of Kaduna Electric, Yusuf Usman Yahaya, has pledged the company’s readiness to provide qualitative power supply to Kaduna state.

He made the pledge when he paid a courtesy visit on the deputy governor of Kaduna state, Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, at her office in Kaduna, yesterday, according to a statement from the company.

The managing director who was accompanied by some management staff told the deputy governor that as key stakeholders, it was incumbent on him to visit and intimate them on recent happenings in the company and solicit the support of the state government in achieving the company’s mandate of providing qualitative and reliable power supply to the people.

He said since his assumption of office a few months ago, he has been working to reposition the company for improved services to its customers. He said some of the challenges faced include poor customer attitude to bills payment and the recurring cases of energy theft and meter bypass, saying over 40 per cent of the meters in Kaduna Electric’s network have been bypassed.
Yusuf said also that challenges with grid supply also often affect the availability and quality of supply but that the company is working closely with all stakeholders in the value chain to surmount the challenge.
He assured the deputy governor that issues of power supply affecting Lere town in Saminaka local government will soon be addressed as efforts are in place resolve the issues between Kaduna and Jos Distribution Companies.
He also assured that the company will work collaboratively with the state government on the issue of power supply to some public schools that are currently out of supply.
In her remark, the deputy governor, who received the Kaduna Electric delegation on behalf of the state governor, Malam Nasir Elrufai, harped on the need to improve power supply to Kaduna residents to boost socio-economic development in the state.
She congratulated the managing director on his new appointment and expressed hope that with him at the helm, the future will be brighter.