This was made known by the Head of Corporate Communication, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, in Kaduna on Thursday.
According to him, in the past three months, the company’s Kaduna North Zone comprising Doka, Jaji, Millennium City, Kawo, Sabon Gari, Samaru and Zaria City Area Offices recorded just 30% collection after electricity worth over N6 billion was consumed within the period but only N1.8 billion was recovered from customers.
Similarly, he said in Kaduna South Zone comprising Barnawa, Makera, Tudun Wada, Mando, Kafancan, Rigasa and Gonin Gora Area Offices also sold energy worth N6.4 billion within the three-month period but only collected about N1.8 billion which translates to a mere 29 per cent collection efficiency. Sokoto Zone comprising of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states with energy worth over N5.6 billion barely made a total N1.6 billion in the last three months.
He also lamented the menace of energy theft and vandalism that have become major drainpipes of the company’s resources.