The Ekiti State Government on Sunday rejected the planned outage of electricity for 23 days out of the two months of July and August by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), saying that it amounts to an unacceptable economic, financial and social price to be paid by the citizens of the state.
The BEDC had, in a public notice aired on radio and other social media platforms, announced the planned outage for certain periods in July and August.
In a letter written by the state Commissioner for Public Utility, Mobolaji Aluko, to the MD/CEO, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Abuja, the MD/CEO, Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), Benin-City, and the Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Company (NERC), Abuja, dated 30 June, he said no direct notification/communication was made to the state government.
