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Business News of Wednesday, 22 April 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

COVID-19: Ibadan residents to stay connected to electricity - IBEDC

IBEDC staff have been placed on essential duty IBEDC staff have been placed on essential duty

As part of efforts to help customers during the COVID-19 lockdown, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company - INEDC management has said that residents will remain connected to electricity throughout the period.

The Kwara Regional Head of IBEDC, Ajisafe Bello, also added that the gesture will accommodate all non-paying customers during the COVID-19 lockdown as the company joins the government in the fight against the pandemic.

“This is being done to support the various government initiatives and to help reduce the hardship the lockdown has occasioned on citizens,” he said.

The Deputy Governor, Edward Onoja, who doubles as the Chairman of the squadron committee on COVID-19 thanked the IBEDC for the gesture and promised to ensure equitable distribution of the palliatives to the people they were meant for.

He later handed over the relief items including 1,000 bags of 5kg rice, 1,500 bags of 1kg semovita and 500 cartons of noodles to the state government.

The company also donated relief materials to Kogi and Ekiti state governments to cushion the effects of the lockdown on residents, adding that they would continue to ensure an adequate supply of electricity as much as was within its control.

IBEDC Osun Regional Head, Akin Ogunleye, who said this, added that the power formerly consumed by some industries had been diverted to homes this period.

He also made a donation of similar relief items to the state government.