Photo News...
Some Managemtn
staff of Kaduna ELectric and KEDCO in a group photo at the end of the 4-days
Strategic Foresight Workshop held in Abuja last week
Kaduna Electric Inaugurates Safety
Committee
By Danjuma Abubakar
The Safety Committee of Kaduna
Electric held its inaugural meeting on Monday, June 20th, 2019 at
the Head Office in Kaduna.
Inaugurating the committee, the Chairman
of the Committee and Head of Unit, Health Safety and Environment, Mr. John
Cletus Adamu said “the HSE committee plays a crucial role in setting the
foundation required to achieve zero injury performance among the workforce and
members of the general public”.
According to him, the committee is
responsible for communicating and demonstrating the value of an effective
safety program by identifying several techniques used to achieve zero
accidents.
“The objective is to bridge the gap
between the Management and employees within the company, as management alone
cannot drive the entire process, employees must be involved and that makes a
good HSE policy”, he said.
Mr Adamu listed some of the
responsibilities of the committee to includes; assisting in the establishment,
promotion, and maintenance of healthy and safe work conditions and attitudes;
HSE Management System; Regulatory and legislation Compliance; HSE frame work; review
of company's data, identify trends and suggest appropriate corrective action;
generate ideas for improving HSE and make periodic facility and work place
inspections.
The memberships of the committee are
drawn from Engineering; Corporate Communications; Audit; Labour Unions (SSAEAC
and NUEE) and representative of Industrial Relations is to serve as Secretary.
Halisa Staff Receive Training on
Franchising
By Muhammad Najib Atuwo
The management of Kaduna Electric
has trained staff of Halisa Engineering Services on the operational
modality, safety, basic maintenance and the obligation of each party in
preparation for the commencement of the franchising partnership between the two
Companies. in preits quest for sustainable and efficient power supply within
its franchise area.
While addressing the trainees, the
Area Manager Kebbi North Engr. Dogara Sa'idu commended the management of Kaduna
Electric for taking the franchising initiative which according to him will “ensure
stable power supply to the customers”.
Furthermore, Engr. Dogara Sa'idu
appreciated the Management for organising the training and charged the trainees
to be dedicated and committed to the task ahead of them.
In his remark, the Director of Administration
and Publicity of Halisa Engineering Services, Alhaji Abubakar Bagudu Kalgo who
represented the chairman of Halisa Engineering Services, Alhaji Yusuf Haruna
Rasheed, welcomed the Technical team of Kaduna Electric and commended the Management
of Kaduna Electric for fulfilling its commitment of building the capacity of
Halisa staff and he urged the trainees to be a good ambassadors of Halisa and
Kebbi State as a whole.
“Kaduna Electric is the first
company to adopt the NERC franchising scheme, while Halisa Engineering Service
is the first company to pilot the new initiative in partnership with Kaduna
Electric”, Alhaji Bagudu said.
He stated that Halisa Engineering
and Kaduna Electric have been partners since 2018 and as such the new
franchising scheme has taken this partnership to the next level and urged the
participants to be focus and attentive to the resource persons.
One of the resource persons, Mr.
Kenneth Adaba took the participants through what franchising entails, and emphasized
that the essence of the scheme is to improve power quality and consistency in
rural locations, while Engineer Isah Ahmad gave them training on technical
issues and safety measures.
HRB Unit Gets N1b Target
By Asma'u Muhammad
The charge was made on
Thursday, 4th July,
2019 during the monthly performance review for the High Revenue Customers.
He commended the HRB Managers
and counselled them to ensure that HRB customers are placed on the right tariff
to avoid revenue loss.
"I have seen situation
where an HRB customer is billed N1000; I have also come across a house with a
dedicated transformer having no bill. These are unacceptable; you must ensure
that such potential cash cows are placed on appropriate tariff
classification," he said.
He disclosed that the
Management will not accept anything short of 100% collection of the amount
billed HRB customers as they constitute part of the cash cow of the company.
In his contribution, the Head
of Unit, HRB, Mr. Mansur Adamu disclosed that the unit is targeting 1billion
naira monthly billing.
Stay Safe in This Rainy Season
By Asma’u Muhammad
In
view of the recently observed violent rainstorms, it is part of our
responsibility to ensure that the lives of our customers as well as power
supply assets are adequately protected through proactive response to emerging
safety threats.
To
avoid risks to lives and property, it is advisable to take notes of the
following safety tips:
·
Stay away from transformers and
electrical objects when it is raining.
·
Avoid
contact with fallen electricity poles and wires.
·
Do
not lift up any low-lying power lines.
·
Don't use mobile phone when it’s
raining
·
Switch off your TV set.
·
Do
not jump over or go under any low hanging electricity power lines.
- Do not drive
over fallen power lines.
- Do not climb
any tree that is touching or is near to power lines.
- Do not attempt
to free somebody who is in contact with an electrical power line; but
inform and alert the nearest Kaduna Electric office.
- Do not use
electrical appliances that have been wet.
- Be careful not
to touch water—or anything in contact with water—near where there is a
downed power line.
- Prevent access
to an area where there is a fallen electricity pole, or low hanging power
line by putting warning signs to warn others of the immediate danger.
Kaduna
Electric is advising its valued customers and the general public to be cautious
in this changing climate in order to prevent electricity related accident; our
customers are further advised not carry-out any repairs on their own hand but
always report all electricity fault to the nearest Kaduna Electric office.
Let's all stay safe in this changing climate.
Nice move for prioritising HRB because is the key for the growth of the our Business.I suggest HRB customers should be treated with priority as MD. In the near future their conribution to the company revenue would be more than the MD customers.
ReplyDelete