PHCN loses 20 sub-stations in 12 months in Anambra

AMAECHI PERCY ONYE-JEKWE, Awka

THE Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), Awka Business Unit, has decried the high rate of vandalism of its installations in Anambra.
To this end, it has solicited the sustained support of security agencies, especially the State Security Services (SSS), police and vigilance groups to assist in protecting its facilities in the state.

The Public Relations Officer, Awka Business Unit, Mrs Christy Nwanguma, made the appeal in an interview with Journalists in Awka on Thursday.
Nwanguma noted that millions of naira and more than 20 PHCN sub-stations had been lost to vandalism within the past 12 months in Anambra State.
“The major challenge we have is vandalism of PHCN installations, meter by-pass, meter theft of which we are losing millions of naira to. As it is now, more than 20 sub-stations are out as a result of the activities of vandals across the state. At a point, in less than two days, we lost five sub-stations to vandalism and this is affecting our job,” Nwanguma said.
The public relations officer, however, assured that if installations were not tampered with, power supply would be sustained and efficient, adding that work was also on-going at the new Agu-Awka sub-station.
Nwaguma noted that the new sub-station, when completed would provide constant power supply to the state capital and its environs.

 

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