BEDC RENEWAL: EDOCSO TO LEAD CONSUMERS, OTHERS AGAINST SERVICE EXTENSION

BEDC RENEWAL: EDOCSO TO LEAD CONSUMERS, OTHERS AGAINST SERVICE EXTENSION

By Eben Enasco   Kingsley    

With less than a week before the expiration and probable extention of Operational License of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, Edo Civil Society Organizations and consumers are poised for a show down protest against what they are alleging as non performance of the distribution company.

The anticipated mega protest as conveyed through the public Relations Officer, Leftist Edigin Osazee noted that the three days protest is in line with the planned extention of the Funke Osibudu led Distribution company by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) with additional one year will commence on monday 29, 2018.

The statements which reads; "It is no longer secret that the Funke Osibudu led management had failed in all fronts in the distribution of electricity and customers’satisfaction.

"The people of Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti states are fed up with Funke Osibudu the managing Director of Vigeo Holdings Limited, the operators of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company".

Leftist Edigin added that the Performance Agreement entered with the Federal Government elapses on the 31st of October, 2018 not the proposed extension of December, 2019 by the BPP.

He opined that BEDC operational  Licence must not be extended or renewed; stressing, "BPP and NERC cannot be compromised".

"This is to inform and invite the general public, communities, and users of electricity to peaceful protests" he stated.

Recall that the operational licences to operates in Edo, Ondo Ekiti and Delta State respectively was approved during president GoodLucķ Jonathan's administration.