Residents of Ibusa community in Oshimili North Local Government area of Delta State have called on BEDEC to sack its Regional Manager for gross inefficiency and poor customer relations.
The palpably aggrieved BEDC consumers hinged their call for the removal of the Regional Manager on his consistent failure to address the frustrating poor power supply to Ibusa community since November 2025.
They alleged that the downgrading of Ibusa from Band B to D by the Regional Manager and his Staff without the consent of the stakeholders worsen the situation.
The concerned residents said that based on the repeated failure of the BEDC Regional ton effectively address the challenge, and also placing the General Steel Mill and Aluminum Company on 24 hours power supply to the disadvantage of the Ibusa, a community hosting the stepdown transformer,was not only unjust but an irresponsible act.
In order to remedy the ugly situation,
the President -General of Ibusa Community Development Union, ICDU, World Wide, the Youths, on the issue of their paying huge bills of electricity onsumption without commensurate service,
The Palace of Obuzor Ibusa, with the Council and the President General, Executives of the ICDU fixed a meeting of the stake holders and invited the Regional Manager and his BEDC Staff to explain the reasons for the poor supply of electricity community.
However, the Regional Manager did not honour the invitation to physically attend the meeting held in the Palace of the Obuzor of Ibusa.
During a previous stakeholders meeting held in Ibusa, the Regional Manager pledged that as from February 21, 2026,there would be improved power supply, but from the look of things,he has failed to fulfill his promise and BEDEC customers have lost confidence in him.
Ibusa , a fast growing community in the Delta State Capital territory,has substations that assist in distribution of electric power within the community and its environs .
BEDEC moved the stepdown transformer at Ogbeowele to Edo State,until now , the Company has not replaced it as promised.
Another attempt which was made by the same BEDC to move the mult billion Naira substation at obodoakpu,out of Ibusa was met with stiff resistance as top patriotic sons of Ibusa including the youths intervened and aborted the plan.
Through the transparent and accountable leadership of the
President General of Ibusa Community Development Union World Wide Onowu Victor Uchunor and the active support of Ibusa sons and daughters at home in the diaspora the facility was successfully energized and taken over by BEDEC.
Dr. Dan Chuks Awana
