Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) on Wednesday announced temporary shut down of power supply following industrial strike action by National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) power stations.
The Head Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh in a statement said consultations were on among critical stakeholders in the power sector to address the issue and restore supply.
He urged customers and neighbourhood associations to be vigilant and protect electrical installations within their environment against criminal elements, just as he called for patience and understanding while the issue was being resolved.
The statement reads, “Following the industrial strike action embarked upon by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) at the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) power stations, operations across the franchise area of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) have been disrupted.
“As a result of this development all our feeders are out of supply and this has affected supply to our esteemed customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States.
“Consultations are ongoing among critical stakeholders in the power sector to address this issue and possibly restore supply.
“The Management of EEDC hereby encourage customers and neighbourhood associations to be vigilant and protect the electrical installations within their environment against elements who might take advantage of this outage to vandalise these installations.
“We therefore appeal for continued patience and understanding while this is resolved.”
