EDDC Customers and Stakeholders’ Consultative meeting Held in Ebonyi State
By Prince-solomon Okorie
During stakeholders consultative meeting held at Salt Spring Hotel in Ebonyi state the head of communications EDDC Emeka Eze who brief our newsmen said that it became necessary for upward review of tariff due to challenges facing their operations which requires a lot of money to fix, he added that when you are runing an operation that is not course reflective you cannot achieve the desired result, though the proposed tariff is not totally course reflective but it will go a long way adressing all their operational challenges,
Mr. Emeka Eze assures the stakeholders and their customers that the proposed tariff adjustment will afford them better services, improve on their network, recently EDDC embark on mentainance overhaul on their 33kv and 11kv lines and they are coming down to 415 lines.
He said that the tariff they are currently using was last adjusted when dollar was one hundred ninty eight naira (#198.00) for over 4 years now dollar exchange rate has been three hunred and sixty Naira (#360) the implication is that they buy light at rate of #360 naira and sell at the rate of #198 naira. You can notice the disparity. The essence of this consultative meeting is to explain these things to their customers understanding and compliance.
The representatives of the regulators were in the meeting to observe and monitor reactions from the stakeholders and customers, they will go back with feedback before giving approval fot the adjustment. Guidepost News
News at its peakSenator Ogba host over 80 couples whom he sponsored their marriages
By, Prince Solomon Okorie
The senator representing Ebonyi central senatoral zone Senator Joseph Obinna Ogba has broke record that has never been recorded in the history of Ebonyi central zone at his country home Akalagu in Ishielu Local government Area of the state.
Addressing Journalist, senator Ogba noted that it is out of his willingness to celebrate couple who he sponsored to gain thier marrital vow over the years, adding that his adimistration will not fail to support them for their complementary roles towards rebuilding peace
His words: I am happy to see you today, I will create a platform where I can attend to your individual needs and will empower those of you that needs empowerment, this an inaugural meeting and I will make it an annual event. By the vertue of the fact that I sponsonred your marrriages you are now my adopted sons and dauthers and your children are my grand children, we are now one family, I can assure you, with this meeting we will be acquainted with one another". He sympatized with one of them that lost her husband to death.
Unlike political promises that characterise such event, the law maker admitted that it was not politically motivated as he does not even know some of them out of over 80 couples he sponsored, he said he started the programme back then when he was the PDP state party chairman over 18 years ago.
He stressed the need for family to be united to toe the trajectory of peace as the fulcrum of human development.
Furthermore, senator Ogba advise the couple to always bring up their children in the way of th Lord.
Noting that there is no family that doed not have problem but always learn how to resolve without third party.
Some of the beneficiaries; Engr. Ekuma Innocent, Dr. Clenus and Barr. Anselem Enigwe former Ebonyi LG chairman who speak on behalf of the beneficiaries said that it was a rare privilege that Sen. Ogba chose to sponsor their marrusges even before he became a senator, they further congratulated senator ogba for his kind gesture in meeting up their heart desires especially sponsoring them to exchange marritel vows as most of them do not have money back then by implication they would have miss their spouses. They thanked for securing federal job for many of them... Guidepost News
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