Commissioning Of Nerc Forum Offices In Awka And Abakaliki

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Last Updated on Thursday, 25 May 2017 17:07

Published on Saturday, 20 May 2017 16:38

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, will commission two additional Forum Offices in the South-East in line with its mission to promote and ensure an investor-friendly environment as well as meet the quest of Nigerians for safe, adequate, reliable and affordable electricity.
The forum offices which are under the jurisdiction of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, include Awka, Anambra State and Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. The Minister of Labour and Employment and former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chris Ngige, will commission the Awka Office on Thursday, April 14, 2016, while his counterpart in the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, will commission the Abakaliki office on Thursday, April 28.
The commissioning will bring the total number of Forum Offices within the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, coverage area to three including Enugu, with the Zonal Office in Owerri, Imo State. A statement by the Head, Communications, EEDC, Emeka Eze, stated that “the setting up of the forum offices by NERC is to ensure that electricity disputes are resolved and that customers have a say in what affects them as customers of electricity providers.
“With the commissioning of these additional offices, customers can now lodge their electricity complaints at any of the NERC offices at the following location/address: Abakaliki Forum Office: 3 Ezekuna Crescent, Off Nsugbe Street, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State".