Rotary Club, Abuja DisCo Inaugurate Power Project

The Rotary Club of Abuja, in partnership with the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), has commissioned the electrification and reticulation of the Rotary Centre and Park in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), ending four years of outages at the facility.

The project, tagged “Legacy Star Initiative”, was inaugurated in Abuja yesterday, with the stakeholders describing it as a major boost to community development and service delivery.

At the ceremony, the managing director of AEDC, Chijoke Z. Okwuoke, said the partnership was part of efforts to improve livelihoods within the company’s coverage area.

Okwuoke said the decision to power the Rotary Centre was anchored in Rotary International’s humanitarian focus.He said, “As part of our mandate to improve lives in Abuja and other areas under our coverage, we engaged with Rotary members and agreed that charity must begin at home.

“Rotary is an organisation dedicated to humanity and solving societal problems. One of our focus areas is electricity provision. We cannot continue to provide electricity to communities while our own centre remains without power.”

He explained that the project would also create opportunities for the surrounding communities, noting that the installed transformer has the capacity to support future expansion.

Okwuoke added, “For this entire stretch, apart from the school here, there was no transformer supplying electricity. With this installation, we are confident that development will expand, as improved electricity and road access improve society.

“The transformer is sized to carry the demand of the Rotary Centre. With the power line properly erected and cleared of encumbrances, we can begin expansion to serve the public,” he said.

The president of the Rotary Club of Abuja Capital Territory for 2025/2026, Onome Ohwodo, said the absence of electricity had limited the centre’s operations and service initiatives for four years.

Ohwodo said the club identified the challenge as a priority and approached AEDC for collaboration.

She said, “For four years, this centre lacked electricity, which hindered its full potential and limited our service initiatives. We recognised the need to solve the problem, not just for our benefit, but to add value to the community.