Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has called on distribution companies (DISCOS) in the country to provide meters for all homes to avoid rifts between their staff members and their consumers.

Akeredolu said this on Monday at the inauguration of a 60MVA transformer at the 132/33kV transmission substation in Akure. He said that if every customer of the various discos was provided a meter each, they would consume their electricity the way they want it and would reduce grievances against the discos.

The governor noted that the substation was a significant step in improving power supplies to different parts of Ondo and Ekiti States. He however decried the challenges being faced from erratic electricity supply by some communities in Ondo South and Ondo North Senatorial Districts which he said had been cut-off from the national grid for several years.

Akeredolu said that “The state government has also approved that a number of mini-grid power plants be built through investor-financed-business models in some of the most deprived communities in Ondo State as part of phase one of our electricity improvement scheme.”

Source: The Guardian