This position is coming on the heels of protest by residents of Irhiri area in Benin City to the headquarters of the company complaining of epileptic power supply and demanding that the distribution company gives them 24 hours uninterrupted power. BEDC is in charge of power distribution to Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti states.
Head, Corporate Affairs, BEDC Curtuis Nwadei told journalists that only nine percent of the total power generation is available for distribution to its customers even as he said the company also grapples with the problem of high indebtedness from both states and Federal Government agencies including military and paramilitary agencies, energy theft, and assault of its staff.
