Eko Electricity Distribution Plc has attributed the persistent power supply challenges in Festac Town, Amuwo Odofin and surrounding communities to transmission upgrades and repeated vandalism of underground distribution cables.
In a statement on Wednesday by the General Manager, Corporate Communications, Abiola Aloba, the company said recent outages in the area were primarily caused by improvement works at the national transmission level, while the situation was worsened by vandalism.
“Recent supply challenges in Festac have been driven principally by upgrades and improvement activities at the national transmission level; these outages were, however, compounded by sustained vandalism of underground distribution cables, for which the Festac axis regrettably records the highest incidence across the EKEDP network,” EKEDP said.
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