The Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has frowned at allegations that it was collecting monies from members of the public as contributions for the purchase of power transformers.
Mrs Vera Osuhor, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jos Electricity Distribution zone, told the News Agency (NAN) on Sunday that PHCN had never initiated such contributions.
She, therefore, advised people against succumbing to such request from anyone.
"PHCN does not sell transformers; we have standard ones for the public and no one needs to pay for what they deserve."
Osuhor advised members of the public to report any PHCN staff seeking such contribution, and described any such call as "criminal and uncalled for".
"It is not legally right for the public to contribute money for PHCN to provide transformers for their use. It is not within our power".
"When somebody tells you that, you should know it is not legal. And such activities should be reported to us as quickly as possible."
She cautioned members of the public against confusing contributions initiated by the state governments as part of community development efforts toward rural electrification programmes to mean any subtle efforts by PHCN staffers to exploit customers.
According to Osuhor, such contributions are usually initiated by community development officers and had nothing to do with PHCN offices.
The CEO also commented on other alleged unwholesome activities of PHCN officers, saying that the electricity company had "zero tolerance’’ for any shoddy deal, vowing that any one caught would be severely dealt with.
``We have always said it, and I want to repeat it here. We have no room for bad eggs and shall never accept their activities in our midst.
``In fact, we have set up a special disciplinary committee to deal with such erring staffers. The few that were found guilty of wrong doings have been dismissed.
``And, we are always ready to dismiss anyone involved in any unwholesome behaviour.’’
On staff welfare, Osuhor said that some incentives had been put in place to motivate PHCN towards optimum productivity.
She lauded the Power Minister, Prof. Barth Nnaji, for his efforts to ensure a better package for PHCN staff.
Osuhor said the Jos zone was facing many challenges and expressed optimism that such problems would not affect the quest for improved power supply. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Sounds funy, cos 2months ago people staying opposite the legislative quaters contributed large sum of money to get a new transfomer. Cos the former got blown.
ReplyDeletePHCN will always have corrupt member, cos they are never dealt with when caught...
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funny! My area at shangisha Ikosi,we are still contributing 5k per house to get an old or fairly used transformer from the PHCN office. Right now the contribution is still going on.
ReplyDeleteThe CEO is just saying rubbish. If we dont contribute to get transformer,is she goin to give us a new one.
Ask the CEO if she does not collect UP N250K as a prerequisite for issuing permit to construct from PHCN contractors. How many transformers has she installed in her zone with the community not contributing. We all know just like the police would say Bail is free n your right. Madam stop talking trash. Just sit down n enjoy your loot.
ReplyDeleteit is a pity dat we are in a country like dis where things are never done right. d ceo knows abt the contribution she is just trying to make her self look innocent. currently in my area at awoyaya ibeju-lekki we ve not had light for over one month as a result of bad transformer which was revealed that PHCN brought a fairly used transformer in place of a new one. since then nothing has been done and nothing will be done until we contribute money for either the repair or purchase of a new one, but one thing i know for sure is that every body will be rewarded accordingly
ReplyDeleteIn my area in Ojota, we've not had light for about two weeks because of faulty transformer. We're presently contributing money to procure a new one.
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