Electricity distribution companies have apologised to Nigerians for weeks of power outages, with their industry association acknowledging the hardship caused by prolonged blackouts.
Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) Managing Director and Chief Executive Sunday Oduntan gave the apology on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
He said the apology was necessary because consumers had endured the supply problems for several weeks. He urged operators to stop trading blame over the outages.
Oduntan said the sector was repeating a pattern seen between 2016 and 2019, when distribution companies blamed transmission operators, who blamed generation companies and gas suppliers. Suppliers, in turn, pointed to payment problems, he said.
He also asked for clarity on whether gas had been paid for and delivered to power generation companies, and who was responsible where supplies had not arrived.
He called on Minister of Power Joseph Tegbe to bring the operators together, take charge of the discussions and establish the causes of the shortages.
Sources: Channels Television interview report; Punch
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