The Nigeria Consumer Protection Network, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to declare the Transmission Company of Nigeria,TCN,and Abuja Electricity Distribution Company,AEDC as national risk.
President of the group, Kunle Olubiyo,said his position was premised on the fact that the two power institutions have performed abysmally with adverse effects on consumers of electricity.
In a statement,Olubiyo,said the two institutions have exhibited act of irresponsibility and insensitivity to the plights of electricity consumers, adding that Nigerians deserve better engagement from
power service providers.
He said in the last five days,the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, has grounded the operations of Ministries,embassies, courts,military headquarters and business concerns on account of black out without requisite remorse by the power company.
He said:”Over 5 million population of electricity consumers have been on interrupted power supply for the past 5 days .There was no blink of power supply in the last 120 hours.There was no effective communication from Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Transmission Company of Nigeria to electricity consumers.The duration of the maintenance was not stated ..
“What we have at hand is that power supply was shut down since Monday evening and till now there is no blink at all.
“This is sad and quiet unfortunate.The Federal Government, the Department of States Services (DSS),Defence .Intelligence Agency ( DIA ) should investigate the technical/ operations of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company and Transmission Company of Nigeria.This is nothing but
national security risks and direct undermining of the entire nation’s security architecture.
“With 120 hours of total power outages to President Village, 3 Arms Zone ,major hospitals ,foreign embassies, bank districts and others,over 5 million people denied electricity for five good days back to back without a blink of power supply .This against the national grid code,distribution and transmission code .This undesirable, unheard and unimaginative in any sane clime.
“In conclusion, we are appealing to Mr. President Muhammadu Buhari
to as a matter of urgent national importance and overall public interest reverse the power sector privatisation exercise.The public has lost interest and confidence in the exercise.The drift and increasing negative dimensions of the power privatisation has become a global embarrassment”