Some Abuja residents will experience improved electricity supply with the commissioning of the Kukuaba 132/33KVA Transmission Station, by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Monday. The Managing Director of AEDC, Engr. Ernest Mupwaya explained that the company can now distribute power directly to Lugbe and its environs.
This, according to him, is because the line from which the consumers are now getting their power is nearby.
He added that “those who are being served from Katampe in Gwarimpa, Life Camp, Mabushi, Maitama, Wuse II, Jahi and others will also enjoy improved supply. This is so because it has now been freed of the power it was releasing to Lugbe. In the long time, we will have the capacity to take more electricity.”
According to him, the firm has reinforced 4,048 sub-stations in its network through maintenance services while surveying the protection system of 68 others.
He noted that commissioning the 132/33Kva Kukuaba transmission sub-station by the federal government would boost power supply directly in Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Engr. Louis Edozien, said the ministry has rolled out policy directives to address the limitation of 33Kv and 11Kv distribution infrastructures across the DisCos to solve the issues of power non-utilisation often tagged as load rejection across the country.
