Enugu Electricity tops the 2018 NEMSA safety ranking
Electricity distribution company, Enugu Electricity PLC (EEDC) emerged overall first position in the 2018 cumulative Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) Safety ranking. This is a testament of sustainable safety practices which EEDC has consciously and consistently instilled in her staff and customers through the various training and enlightenment programs.
NEMSA is an agency of government responsible for ensuring safety of lives and property in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).
It will be recalled that EEDC moved from the fifth position which it occupied in the 2016 ranking to first position in the 2017 ranking; and has jealously retained the first position in the 2018 ranking.
The result of the ranking was released in a presentation by the Managing Director/CEO, NEMSA and Chief Electrical Inspector of the Federation, Engr. Peter Esewor.
According to a statement by EEDC, in the course of the year under review, it consistently maintained the first position in eight out of twelve months, this underscores the passion and conscious effort put in by Management of the EEDC in ensuring that safety rules are strictly adhered to, and safe environment consistently maintained.
The criteria used for the ranking ranges from, fatalities (that is the number of deaths within the network), major injuries as well as network resolved.
Head of Health, Safety & Environment, EEDC, Engr. Francis Iwu, stated that, the effort by EEDC is as a result of the commitment of the Management in ensuring strict adherence to safety rules and regulations by staff of the company and its customers.
“This achievement affirms the seriousness the organisation has been giving to Safety, and the continuous investment in qualified Safety personnel and equipment”, Iwu said.
