Nasarawa Nurses’ Community Fingers AEDC Officials Over Allegedly Diverted Transformer

The residents of  Nurses Community in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa state have threatened to protest at the Mararaba 2 Area Office of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company AEDC) following alleged diversion and refusal to mount it’s already approved transformer

The Nurses’ community accused the management of the Area Office of AEDC of diverting it’s already approved transformer after it has completed all the necessary requirements for the transformer to be mounted

Residents of the Nurses Community who threatened a show down with the AEDC management noted that the community has been on load shedding for long, following the overloading of it’s only transformer, which it said had broken down at different occasions, leaving the entire community without light.

They regretted that their application for a new transformer , which was made to the Managing Director of AEDC on 30th July 2024, through the Area office in charge is Mararaba 2 Area office was formally approved, adding that the community was thereafter, asked to commence work at the site, where the transformer will be mounted

“We are mobilizing all residents to stage a protest at the AEDC office in Mararaba over this ill treatment. We had met all that are required for the transformer. The AEDC officials came and decided on where the transformer will be sited they asked us to construct the basement for the transformer, as well as providing the needed iron work for the safety of the transformer. All these we did and they came for inspection and approved it.

” It was to our surprise when we got to know that the office had received some transformers which eluded us. Upon investigation, we gathered that our transformer designate was taken to an unknown place by the management of Mararaba Area 2, and this we will not accept.

“We have suffered untold stress and spent much on this. Our only  transformer broke down around May and every resident was tasked to pay N50,000 which was used to fix it to the current manageable condition it is. That had left us on load shedding where every resident is forced to operate on a single phase, due to the condition of the transformer.

“We were told by AEDC officials from the Mararaba Area office that our transformer is overloaded which required a relief to avoid load shedding. We are 95% on prepaid meter on Band B, so we should not be treated this way the AEDC is handling us. We will reject this and we will soon move to the AEDC in Mararaba and beyond to make our complains heard,” a leader of the Nurses Community stated in expressing their beef over the transformer that was allegedly diverted.

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