Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) acquired prepaid metres for ₦7.29 billion between August 2020 and April 2024.
Mr Abdu-Bello Mohammed, Managing Director of JEDC stated this during a one-day Information Session, organised by the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) with JEDC customers in Jos on Friday.
The session with the theme, “Building Consumer Awareness and Strengthening the Customer Service Capacity of Electricity Distribution Companies” was to interact and share information with customers.
The MD explained that the procurement of the energy-measurement prepaid metres was to close the metering gap. The company is conscious of its responsibility to its customers and had equally invested in network expansion.
He said that as of April 2024, the company had installed a total of 249,897 prepaid metres across its franchise states.
“Between 2021 and the first quarter of 2024, we lost over 500 Distribution Transformers, AVM Transformers, and several spans of Aluminium Conductors worth billions of naira to vandals.
“The activities of energy thieves have also cost the company a huge fortune,” he said.
“I know that these facilities belong to Jos Electricity Distribution Plc, but you are the beneficiaries, and therefore, should take ownership of these installations.
“We are soliciting your cooperation, especially in the area of safeguarding these installations that are essential to our operation”
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