The Chairman of Kaduna Electric’s Board of Directors, Yusuf Hamisu Abubakar, has narrated how security challenges and coronavirus adversely affected power supply, especially in Kaduna State in 2020.
Addressing the staff of the company and other stakeholders in the power sector, the Chairman acknowledged the great sacrifice and resilience displayed by the operatives of the company during the past year.
He explained that Coronavirus pandemic took a toll on everyone, creating adverse effects on the company.
The Chairman said that 2020 also brought to the fore, the security challenges the company faced in some of its franchise states.
According to him, the spate of banditry and kidnappings in these states have severely hampered the company’s operations, even as he prayed that a lasting solution will be found to the security challenges in the new year.
He charged all staff of the company to redouble their efforts in the new year by providing excellent services to customers more so with the responsibilities thrust on the Company’s shoulders by the Service Based Tariff which came into effect in November last year.
He commended the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, the state governments in its franchise and the federal government for their worthy efforts in providing the needed support in ensuring the power sector remained viable.
