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| Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Power, Works and Housing. |
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Monday advised Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to patronise local meter manufacturing companies in the country.
He gave the advice while inaugurating the Mass Meter Deployment programme in Kano on Monday.
The minister said such patronage was necessary to encourage the production of meters by the local manufacturing companies in the country and save foreign exchange.
Patronising the local meter
manufacturing companies is the way to diversify and save foreign exchange,“ he
said.
Fashola noted that the inauguration
of the scheme in Kano was a clear indication that the Kano Electricity
Distribution Company (KEDCO) was committed to ensuring effective service
delivery.
He commended KEDCO for the
initiative and urged other DISCOs to develop their own strategies for mass
deployment of meters for the benefit of their customers.
In his remarks, the Managing
Director of KEDCO, Alhaji Jamilu Gwamna, said the company had purchased more
than 63, 000 meters to be distributed to its customers.
Gwamma said that the inauguration of
the scheme would go a long way in checking the issue of crazy bills, in
addition to ensuring effective service delivery.
Also speaking, the Vice-Chancellor,
Bayero University, Kano, Prof. Yahuza Bello, called on the minister to use the
magic wand he used in Lagos to improve power supply in the country.
The power sector has a lot of
challenges, and with low power supply, we are spending N6 million weekly on
diesel to power our generators in the university, “ he said.
Bello said that if power supply
improved in Kano, the management of the university was ready to pay the money
to KEDCO to enable it serve its customers better.
NAN reports that the minister was in
Kano to attend the sixth Monthly Power Sector and Stakeholders` Meeting.
Source: Guardian News
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