Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has unveiled plans to add at least 40MW of electricity to its franshise areas of Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states.
Daily News 24 reports that this was revealed in a statement on Thursday by Sani Bala, the company’s Head of Corporate Communications.
Mr Bala said the company would collaborate with a number of leading energy supply companies to develop Embedded Power Generation with primary focus on Renewable Energy.
He added that the target is to increase in-network generation by 40MW within 18 months in Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa states.
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According to the statement, ” incremental supply in KEDCO’s network is with a view to meeting the growing energy needs of the citizens in the franchise area which has high population growth rates.”
He also stated that “KEDCO is actively partnering with the three state governments to ease the development of incremental supply projects in the network.”
Also, KEDCO has launched a brand-new payment system in order to address the issues of collection leakages by non-staff who amass money on behalf of the company. Â
