- Nigeria currently has 12 DisCos.
- APL Electric Firm is the new DisCo located in Abia State
- The new company’s CEO is Patrick Umeh.
Creating a new electric distribution company in Aba, Abia State, has given Nigeria’s hunt for an expanded electric power supply a substantial boost, raising the total number of energy distribution companies to 12.
The APL Electric Firm Ltd is the new electricity distribution company (DisCo). According to reports, APL Electric Company is a member of Geometric Power Ltd, which created it. Professor Bart Nnaji, a worldwide renowned engineering professor and Minister of Power from July 2011 to August 2012, after serving for one year as the Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Power (PTFP).
In a technological arrangement known as the Aba Ring Fence Area, the new corporation would offer energy to nine of Abia State’s 17 local government units.
According to another report, the new company has a chief executive officer. Patrick Umeh is a seasoned industry professional who has worked in both the US and Nigeria.
“Over 100 kilometres of 33KV power lines, 40 kilometres of 11 power lines, and 1500 kilometres of low voltage 400-volts have also been erected,” says Engineer Joseph Onyekachi, chairman of the Electricity Consumers Association Nigeria’s southeast chapter.
Engineer Onyekachi, a power sector veteran, described the facilities in the Aba Ring Fence Area as truly world-class, noting that “even in the unlikely event of an earthquake or any other natural disaster in Abia or any of the neighbouring states, the nine LGAs in Abia State covered by APL Electric Company Ltd will still enjoy power supply because of the type of safety measures taken by Geometric Power group.”
He explained that the Aba Ring Fence Area “was intended and developed as a model of how to do power business in Nigeria, and it will be run to the finest standards in the world.”