THE Federal Government is withholding statutory allocations meant for electricity distribution companies (Discos), which have been identified as one of the major causes of drop in power supply, it was learnt.
A top official of one of the electricity distribution companies told The Nation that currently the distribution companies find it difficult to access funds to clear faults and discharge other relevant duties including replacement of dysfunctional equipment and materials, which seriously hinders their efficiency.
The official who spoke in confidence to our correspondent, while explaining reasons for the recurrent lingering power outages, said the drop in electricity supply in Lagos and other parts of the country has been as a result of dearth of funds adding that he doesn’t know why the government has refused to release funds to them (Discos).
She said: “It is difficult period for us now. As I speak to you, we don’t have money to clear faults to enable our customers have light let alone buy equipment and other materials to replace dysfunctional facilities.
“Government has refused to release our allocation to us, which is negatively affecting our operations. We are inundated with complaints by customers on daily basis because of outages and irregular supply of power but our engineers are doing their best to ensure that customers get the most from what is available.”
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