By Ovat Abeng
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company EEDC has decried the sealing of its corporate headquarters and others in Enugu by the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority ECTDA without prior notice.
EEDC had last week penciled down Enugu State government offices as some of the organisations to be disconnected in its debts recovery move in South East.
EEDC in a statement released by
itss Head, Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh on Tuesday said they were surprise by ECTDA sealing the company’s corporate and others without any information or reason for the action.
According to the statement,the company has not been communicated on the reason or reasons their offices were sealed in Enugu
The statement reads:
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“On arriving for work this morning, we were surprised to meet our Corporate Head Office sealed by the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority ECTDA.
This development is strange because there was no notice of any sort by the agency to our organisation.
We were informed by the Security Men on duty that in the early hours of today (Tuesday), at about 1.53am, a group of men came and locked up the gates, claiming that the State Governor directed the action.
Our Abakpa, Awkunanaw, and Ogui District offices were not spared as their gates were equally sealed and locked.
As at now, there has not been any clear information/ communication from ECTDA explaining their action.
We however suspect that this action might not be unconnected to the notice of disconnection published by EEDC informing indebted customers of intention to commence disconnection today, Tuesday 11th June, 2024.
Enugu State Government happens to be one of the indebted customers with over N1 Billion owed to EEDC. It is important to state that majority of the state government’s facilities are metered (so, it is not a case of estimated billing).
EEDC has about N180 Billion as debt owed the company and has concluded plans to commence disconnection of indebted customers.”
