The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) and Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) have donated food and relief items worth millions of naira to Oyo and Lagos State governments as parts of their support to help people cope with the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic.
The EKEDC announced its donation of food and relief items worth about N150 million to the Lagos State government.
The DisCo, which serves part of Lagos and Ogun States, stated that there are a number of other initiatives it had lined up to support the government in cushioning the effects of the lockdown.
Apart from the contribution of relief items, the company disclosed that direct line access to steady light would be given to isolation centres.
Speaking on the donation, Managing Director of EKEDC, Adeoye Fadeyibi, said the company believe with people at home during this period and their urgent needs.
“People would need a few things, one is electricity in their homes we are doing the best we can as we have put in charge very great men and women in our teams as skeletal services to go and support outages, detection and clearing. But the board of this company especially has had a number of different meetings to figure out how they can support so for us today this is just one of the number of initiatives that we have that the board has already approved.
“The EKEDC board has approved a budget of 150 million to do a host of different things one is the food like you have seen. In addition, we are also providing direct line access to a number of these isolation centres in addition to other relief materials. So for us, this is just a significant drop in ensuring that the lives of people especially the less privileged in our network and seeing how we can impact them.”
Similarly, the Regional Head of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, Peter Oyelami, while announcing its contribution to the Oyo state government, said the company felt obligated to assist its customers at this time, in more ways than just giving regular power supply.
