The Managing Director of Kaduna Electric, Garba Haruna, has said the company will create thousands of indirect jobs if the franchising policy being adopted becomes operational.
He said this recently when he visited the Emir of Zuru, Dr. Mohammed Sani Sami Gomo II, at his palace in Zuru, Kebbi State.
A statement by the Head, Corporate Communication of Kaduna Electric, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, quoted the MD as saying that the franchising strategy recently introduced by the company will engender more efficiency in the power distribution business and address the perennial liquidity crisis currently facing the power industry.
Engr. Garba also announced that all stakeholders, including community leaders and the organised private sector would play a significant role in the new scheme, assuring that at the end of the day all parties shall have cause to celebrate.
“I want to appeal to community and youth leaders to support our efforts to ensuring the provisions of stable and qualitative power supply by mobilising your subjects to live up to their responsibilities in terms of payment of bills,” he said.
The Emir of Zuru, Alhaji Muhammad Sani Sami, applauded the new initiatives of the DisCo describing them “as a welcomed positive development that will help in addressing the problem of youth restiveness and unemployment in the emirate.”
He charged the management of Kaduna Electric to ensure that pre-paid meters are distributed to all electricity users so as to eliminate estimated billing.
