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The NEMSA Managing Director and Chief Electrical Inspector of the Federation, Tukur Aliyu, disclosed this to journalists on Monday at the 2024 Customer Service Week in Abuja.

He explained that following the discovery that most of the distribution networks were old and weak, the Discos were directed to do the necessary upgrade to ensure the safe distribution of electricity in the country.

Following an electrocution incident in Calabar, NEMSA had ordered Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company to upgrade some of its network in the Cross River State capital.

But Aliyu said the jobs done by the utility were unsatisfactory after two inspection visits.

“We were there (Calabar) two times to ensure that what we asked them to do was done but we were surprised that they had not done it and so we issued an enforcement notice to them. But when we looked at the networks generally, we also discovered similar networks across the country.

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