By Peter Onu

The Management of Jos Electricity Distribution Plc has vowed to deal decisively with any staff caught implicated in financial malfeasance or defrauding customers or the company just as it urges customers not to hesitate in paying for their consumed energy.

The Managing Director, Engr Abudu Bello Mohammed made the declaration last Tuesday at the customer's sensitization on Band Upgrade at the company's ICT center, Tudun - Wada Jos.

Engr Mohammed who decried activities of some bad eggs in the system said it was unacceptable in all ramifications.

According to him, not less than 20 staff have been shown the hard way out of the company on account of criminalities stressing that "the company has a zero tolerance for corruption".

He urged customers and members of the public to promptly report erring staff to the management to stem the misdemeanors.

"You should help us to report any staff requesting money from you. You should not pay any illegal money to our staff. We are zero-tolerant of corruption", he said.

The Managing Director who said that it was the desire of the company for all its customers to enjoy uninterrupted power supply in its franchise states of Bauchi, Benue, Plateau, and Gombe described the company as one of the best in terms of energy delivery in the country.

"Without sounding immodest, I am optimistic that you can at the moment attest to the regularity and stability of power supply in Plateau State ", he asserted.

Engr Mohammed however lamented that despite the regularity, stability, and reliability of electricity supply to the customers, they hardly reciprocate in terms of payment for their consumed energy.

He said, "The truth is that our postpaid customers hardly pay for their consumed energy just as some of our prepaid customers are also involved in energy thieveries".

He also disclosed that one of the vices militating against the operations of the company in Plateau State was the menace of vandalism.


Engr Mohammed who urged customers to take ownership of electricity installations in their localities to stem the tide of the hydra-head monster, vandalism disclosed that "No less than 20 Distribution Transformers have been vandalized in March in Plateau State alone".

In his presentation, the Cheif Technical Officer of the company, Engr Hamisu Jigawa who in his "Appraisal of Energy Intake and Ancillary Matters" disclosed that the failure of the customers to meet their financial obligations to the company was tremendously affecting the entire energy market.

According to him, " The bill you are paying goes not only to Jos Electricity Distribution Plc but the entire value chain as even those who supply gas to the Gencos are also beneficiaries".

Engr Jigawa,, therefore urged customers to endeavor to pay for their consumed energy to enable the company to serve them better.

On his part, the Chief Security Officer, Alhaji Musa Abdullahi who spoke on the negative impacts of vandalism also decried the menace of energy depredators and urged customers to endeavor to safeguard electricity facilities in their respective communities.

He advised the various communities on the Plateau to take a cue from their counterparts in Benue, Bauchi, and Gombe by ensuring the protection of the electricity facilities in their areas saying, "If they are vandalized, your communities would not only be plunged into darkness but would also have the socio-economic life truncated in addition to the attendant security burden".

Also speaking, Engr Anas disclosed that the company at the moment was waiting for the commencement of phase one of the National Mass Metering Program and urged customers to embrace Meter Asset Provider Scheme currently in place to be metered.