- NAWEC suspends commercial activities
- Upgrades to an Integrated Management System
Over the weekend, Gambia’s National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) suspended commercial activities to install a new Integrated Management System (IMS). NAWEC will, however, resume commercial activities today following the weekend suspension.
The Senior Information and Communication Officer NAWEC, Ebrima Sawneh, stated that the new system would ease commercial services for consumers regarding electricity vending and payment of electricity bills.
“We are going to totally stop the old system, and we will completely transfer all our commercial activities to the new system,” he said.
“Water and Electricity will be available as it used to be; the only thing that will not be available in our commercial activities is the buying of cash power and payment of bills,” he said.
Sawneh added that consumers with electrical meters, under the new system, would be able to use the new after their accounts are transferred to the new system.
“Those who are using our electrical meters with seven digits will not be involved in the new system because their meter numbers are old, and we need to update them first. They will only buy cash power directly from NAWEC outlets,” he said.
Mr Sawneh stated that the new system would ensure transparency in the conduct of transactions.