Chai! My people, make I tell una wetin dey happen for Aba wey go shift your jand for power wahala. Aba Power, di newest electricity distribution company for Naija don carry matter for head as e don drop pass all di 11 big boys wey dey share light for di country combined! Na so dem talk for one sharp statement wey dem drop after di first meeting for Abakaliki, di capital of Ebonyi State.
The report wey come from di South Eastern zone of di Electricity Consumers of Nigeria (ECAN) show say, all di DisCos for Naija gree provide 175,302 meters under di Meter Asset Provider (MAP) scheme and 44,104 prepaid meters under di vendor-financed framework. But guess wetin? Aba Power don give we more than 100,000 smart meters alone before di end of September last year. Na wetin di ECAN chairman, Joe Ubani, and secretary, Chris Okpara, yarn.
Dis be huge win for Aba Power, no be small! Dem don surpass dier target wey say dem go fit give out 100,000 smart meters, something wey many analysts no believe say go happen. Even though dem dey call Aba Power di smallest DisCo for Naija, dem dey shine pass all di others wey dey split from di Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) since 2013.
According to di stats, Aba Power don use four Chinese and local metering companies to deliver 122,464 prepaid meters by di end of last year. Dem fit deliver 116,883 single-phase meters and 5,581 three-phase meters, no be small matter o! Di brand manager of Aba Power, Edise Ekong, talk say dem gree supply power for 27 feeders wey dey around Aba, wey na di economic center of Abia State.
As dem dey increase di metered customers to 133,000 this year, work dey go on top three feeders wey get system wahala. Once dem fit fix am, eh, everybody wey dey there go shine again.
You fit see as Aba Power don turn di city for better, investors don show interest like long lost family. Alphonsus Udeigbo wey be di president general of di Abia Amalgamated Traders Association talk say people wey dey build big big projects for Aba like di 12-storey Marriot Hotel no go fit dey respond if di light matter still dey jaga. Dem no dey waste time again to carry investment come Abia, all thanks to Aba Power.
Also, Leo Emesirim wey dey run di Aba Landlords Protection and Development Association talk say di city don set to shine like di sun for indigenous manufacturing because of di constant power. Di Abia State government dey follow Aba Power waka hand in hand for this journey, no be joke! Dem dey work to carry di state go further with light matter. Na so e be, my friends. Na true progress we dey feel for dis side.
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