KADUNA ELECTRIC NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY EDITION

 

“We Count on Kaduna Electric to Transform DICON into Military Industrial Complex” …. Gen. Tafida

The Director General, Defense Industry Corporation of Nigeria, DICON, Major General Hassan Tafida has appealed to the Management of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company to support the Corporation as it transforms into a modern military industrial complex, while pledging to live up to their obligations to the Company.

General Tafida made the appeal today when he paid a courtesy visit to the Managing Director/CEO of Kaduna Electric at the Company’s Corporate Headquarters in Kaduna.

He pledged to continue to pursue the payment of the outstanding electricity bills owe by the defense Industry Corporation with the relevant departments in the Ministry of Defense.

“We are aware of the huge outstanding debt owe by the Corporation; the Defense Ministry is working on it, hopefully, it shall be cleared in due course. I want to assure you that we shall constantly remind and impress on the relevant departments to ensure that the payment is made”, he said.

 General Tafida took advantage of the visit to brief his host on the transformation going on in the Defense Industry Corporation of Nigeria through various Public-Private sector initiatives.

In his response, the Managing Director/CEO of Kaduna Electric, Engr. Yusuf Usman Yahaya affirmed the commitment of the Electricity Company to support DICON given its strategic role in the nation’s security and defense architecture.

He reminded the military chief of the current reality of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, the challenges facing Kaduna Electric in particular and nation’s power sector in general as well as the needs for MDAs to always leave up to their obligations “as the reality of the present private sector driven electricity industry cannot accommodate defaults in payment of bills”.

“As DICON is being transformed; as more expansion is going on in DICON and more production Is taking place, Kaduna Electric shall stand with DICON as long as it reciprocates the gesture. We shall always support our customers, especially manufacturing outfits like DICON whose strategic importance to the economy cannot be over-emphasized”, Engr. Yusuf said.

He assured the DICON DG that all concerns raised shall be looked into and reiterated the unflinching commitment of Kaduna Electric to service improvement.

 

Kaduna Electric: Impostor bags Six Months Imprisonment 

A Chief Magistrate Court in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State has sentence one Bashar Muhammad Bunza to six months imprisonment for criminal breach of trust, obtaining money under false pretense and impersonation.

The convict was arrested by the operatives of Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) for parading himself to Customers of Kaduna Electric as a staff of the Company and collecting bills payment for his personal use.

The First Information Report stated that Bashar was apprehended by some customers in go-slow area, Birnin-Kebbi where he collected the sum of ₦ 10,000 naira from one customer in the area called Usman Umar and could neither provide evidence of payment no account for the money.

The operatives of the NSCDC who arrested him later referred the matter to NSCDC Division, Makerar Gandu, Birnin Kebbi for further investigation and later charged him before the Chief Magistrate Court One, Birnin-Kebbi for breach of trust, obtaining money under false pretense and impersonation contrary to section 132 of the Penal Code, law of Kebbi State 1999.

He pleaded guilty of the crimes and was sentence to six months imprisonment each with the option of ₦100,000 fine and also to pay the sum of ₦ 10,000 as compensation to the victim. The sentences are to run concurrently.

 

NSCDC Kebbi State Command Promise to Continue to Support Kaduna Electric

 

The Management of Kebbi Region met with the Officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Kebbi State Command.

The engagement was held at the Headquarters of the State Command of the NSCDC with the State Commandant and his team in attendance.

In his opening remark, the Technical Manager, Kebbi Central Area Office, Engr. Abubakar Nuhu Sokoto who represented the Regional Manager on the visit.

Stated that the essence of the engagement is to synergize and come up with a sustainable plan by ensuring the both parties have a good workin
g relationship.

He further emphasized on the vandalism of power installations in some parts of the state, and solicits for their continued support in safeguarding the facilities of the Company.

Kaduna Electric has been a very good partner with the State Command in terms of support and other related matters.

While responding, the OC anti-vandal thanked the team of Kaduna Electric for coming down to their office as there is already existing partnership between the two organizations.

We are going to continue to work as partners in progress, and form an anti-vandal committee that will comprise the both parties to see how we can be able to minimize the act of vandalism on the network of Kaduna Electric across the State, he said.