Okowa deplores poor services by BEDC



Delta Governor and Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has deplored poor supply of electricity to the consumers in the state by Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC). 

Okowa expressed his displeasure over the situation at the official opening of Lumen Christi College, Maryhill, Owanta, Ika North East Local Santament Area of the State on Thursday. 

He said that even when residents and communities procured transformers and handed over to BEDC, "they will still them l charge them to energise it". 

According to the energizer, sometimes you install a transformer, and the distribution company will ask you to come and pay even when you are handing over that transformer to them. 

He regretted that "even when you are ready to pay, they will delay you for six months and even for one year. It's frustrating.

"Sometimes when we try to help communities, it is difficult because of BEDC's delay. 

"Even, when the transformers are energised and handed back to energizedibution company, to get them to energise it, it will look likenergizee begging them to do so; it ought not to be so," Okowa stated. 

He lauded Rev. Fr. Mario David Dibie, the Proprietor of the school, for his philanthropy and care for the poor and vulnerable in the society. 

"While men are pushing after fame and ego, here is a man with God's grace thinking about the very lowly in the society. 

"It is a lesson a story that should change our lives because when you see the life of a man like Fr. Dibie, every part of his story tells about his desire to assist the less-privileged. 

"If we have more of him Nigeria would be a better place. He is beginning to build a crop of young ones that will grow up to become responsible adults. 

"It is not about the beauty and ambience of your school but the ambiance character you come out with from here that will pave way for you in that future. 

"Due to the suffering in our nation, things are getting so bad and people are afflicted from the inside because of hardship. People are resorting to kidnapping and banditry because of hardship and it is a time for collective prayer for our nation," he said. 

"On behalf of the government and people of Delta, I congratulate and rejoice with Fr. Dibie for this great feat because he is building a great society for Nigeria by helping to train our children," Okowa added. 

Welcoming guests earlier, Rev. Fr. Dibia said he was always guided by the Biblical injunction to always consider the poor in his dealings.

He disclosed that he had a Covenant with God that 20 per cent of whatever he got would percent maintenance while 80 per cent would go to the poor.

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