Kaduna Electric Frontline July Edition

The Involvement of Traditional Rulers help in Curbing Vandalism in Kebbi North - AM

 

CCD: You are one of the Area Manager appointed recently, how do you feel being among the selected? 

HS: I feel delighted and honored being among the key people that will drive the activities of the Company.

CCD: What do you think are the most challenging aspects of your assignment as Area Manager?

HS: Indeed the challenges are so high as the expectations are also high, the Area Office of my coverage has its own challenges right from the collections and network issues, we are covering rural Areas where most of our 33KV Feeders that supplies the Villages cannot afford to settle their bills and taking them out will be a big problem as fear of network vandalism.

CCD: Can you breakdown in details the performance of the Area Office in the last six months? 

HS: Well, looking at the monthly targets given to the Area Office and the collections are extremely worrisome, because we cannot collect 30% of the target given to the Area Office.

CCD: How are you coping with the menace of vandalism? 

HS: We usually tell the community leaders to take good care of the power installations in their respective communities, we also involved all the security personnel within to assist us whenever we get all sorts of cases.

CCD: How is your Area Office fearing in terms of collection vis-a-vis the target? 

HS: Let me not brag, but my management team are the best and they are behind my success at the Area Office, in terms of collection and meeting up with the target they are always there very supportive, encouraging, and cooperative. Even though I have just assumed Office, but I can tell you the collection figures have changed from where I met it, and I am determined to work very hard with my team to drastically improve the collection of my Area Office. By the grace of Almighty Allah, Kebbi North Area Office shall be one of the best Area Offices in the Company in a couple of months.

CCD: There are some customers that are not responding to payment of their bills which also contributes to our loses, what do you think is the cause of this poor customers’ response and what are you doing to reverse the trend? 

HS: We engaged the QXK staff in that regard, and we always ensure that we disconnect them from our network and monitor them.

CCD: What does it take to be a good leader? 

HS: A good leader should be a person with integrity, taking responsibilities, hardworking and dedicated. A person that will be leading by example.

CCD: What is the success story behind the Man Habibu Sa'idu and what is the most difficult decision you have ever taken in any official capacity?

Alhamdulillah! all glory are due to Almighty Allah for making it possible for me to reach up this milestone. While I was the Commercial Manager, Kebbi Central, we have done remarkable things in terms of revenue collection increase and also capture those uncaptured customers. And I will not relent on my efforts in making it possible here in Kebbi North Area Office.