Blackouts: Fayose Laments Economic Effects, Inaugurate Committee On Improved supply
BY ABU IDRISU
Worried by the incessant power outage which is killing small and medium scale businesses and as well the dearth of drinkable water caused by the moribund water dams in Ekiti State, the State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has set up a technical committee to see how these problems could be addressed urgently.
The committee which has as members the Chief Operating Officer, Benin Electricity Distribution Company, Special Adviser, Utility to the Governor, the General Managers, Ekiti State Water Corporation and Ekiti State Electricity Board has since swung into action.?
According to the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, the governor said apart from negatively affecting businesses, poor power supply was also
affecting provision of potable water to the people.
“One can imagine the hardship small business owners go through, people running businesses such as barbing salons, welding outfits among others. A large chunk of what could have been their profit is spent on purchasing and fuelling generators.
“The health hazards of generator smoke is also there. A number of people have died as a result of inhaling generator fume. We came to office to also learn that most of the water dams in the state are in bad shape.
“They were utterly neglected by the previous administration and the dams also suffer from lack of electricity to power their machines,” the governor was quoted as saying.
He therefore said his administration would get some dedicated power lines from neighbouring states like Osun and Kwara to complement what is on ground in the state.
He recalled that he did a similar thing during his first tenure, but that it was not maintained.
He charged BEDC, the firm supplying elec,tricity to the state, to put more efforts, saying the government and the people would cooperate with it in revenue generation.
The governor added that while the government would not be able to provide employment for all job seekers, it would create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive.
Fayose said he was also concerned about the effects of poor power supply on water provision due to various water borne diseases that people could contract when they drink unwholesome water. The governor lamented high level of vandalisation of equipment by hoodlums and some government staff? at the dams causing the dams to go under, saying that the government was considering proposal which put end to vandalisation of government installations.
Fayose also berated using of electricity without payment, saying that his administration will collaborate with BEDC to ? bring culprits to book.
Worried by the incessant power outage which is killing small and medium scale businesses and as well the dearth of drinkable water caused by the moribund water dams in Ekiti State, the State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, has set up a technical committee to see how these problems could be addressed urgently.
The committee which has as members the Chief Operating Officer, Benin Electricity Distribution Company, Special Adviser, Utility to the Governor, the General Managers, Ekiti State Water Corporation and Ekiti State Electricity Board has since swung into action.?
According to the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, the governor said apart from negatively affecting businesses, poor power supply was also
affecting provision of potable water to the people.
“One can imagine the hardship small business owners go through, people running businesses such as barbing salons, welding outfits among others. A large chunk of what could have been their profit is spent on purchasing and fuelling generators.
“The health hazards of generator smoke is also there. A number of people have died as a result of inhaling generator fume. We came to office to also learn that most of the water dams in the state are in bad shape.
“They were utterly neglected by the previous administration and the dams also suffer from lack of electricity to power their machines,” the governor was quoted as saying.
He therefore said his administration would get some dedicated power lines from neighbouring states like Osun and Kwara to complement what is on ground in the state.
He recalled that he did a similar thing during his first tenure, but that it was not maintained.
He charged BEDC, the firm supplying elec,tricity to the state, to put more efforts, saying the government and the people would cooperate with it in revenue generation.
The governor added that while the government would not be able to provide employment for all job seekers, it would create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive.
Fayose said he was also concerned about the effects of poor power supply on water provision due to various water borne diseases that people could contract when they drink unwholesome water. The governor lamented high level of vandalisation of equipment by hoodlums and some government staff? at the dams causing the dams to go under, saying that the government was considering proposal which put end to vandalisation of government installations.
Fayose also berated using of electricity without payment, saying that his administration will collaborate with BEDC to ? bring culprits to book.
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