Magboro community on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, popularly
referred to as “Second Lagos’’, unexpectedly had electricity restored to the
area Monday as “Christmas present’’ after a decade.
Magboro, including Ibafo and Asese on the axis had been
without power supply for many years.
The communities had at various times protested the
protracted power outage in their communities.
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company responsible for
the power supply to the affected communities, however, blamed the protracted
darkness on the contractors engaged by the Federal Government to build its
power project.
The Deputy Managing Director, IBDEC, Mr John Ayodele, said
that the areas were not totally cut off but had been getting power supply
intermittently from Abeokuta.
He blamed the poor power supply on the uncompleted National
Independent Power Project in the area.
He said, “The areas are to get supply from Akute through the
NIPP but last year when it was scheduled for commissioning, we noticed that the
contractors used sub-standard materials.
“We decided that the contractors handling the project should
reconstruct or address the defects in the project, but as we speak they have
not done anything.
“When the plant was to be connected to distribute power, it
could not carry the loads in the areas.”
The company, however, promised to restore power to the
affected communities latest before December 31st.
Source:Punch Ng
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