Eko Electricity Distribution Plc has attributed the persistent power supply challenges in Festac Town, Amuwo Odofin and surrounding communities to transmission upgrades and repeated vandalism of underground distribution cables.

In a statement on Wednesday by the General Manager, Corporate Communications, Abiola Aloba, the company said recent outages in the area were primarily caused by improvement works at the national transmission level, while the situation was worsened by vandalism.

“Recent supply challenges in Festac have been driven principally by upgrades and improvement activities at the national transmission level; these outages were, however, compounded by sustained vandalism of underground distribution cables, for which the Festac axis regrettably records the highest incidence across the EKEDP network,” EKEDP said.

According to the company, the new Festac 3 feeder, radiating from the Ojo Transmission Station, has been completed and commissioned to provide an alternative source of supply to Festac Town, with energisation awaiting final load balancing arrangements and TCN approvals.

The DisCo also said electricity supply on the Festac 1 33kV feeder had been partially restored after the isolation of a faulty underground cable, with fault location and restoration work continuing daily.

EKEDP said it had invested several hundred million naira in strengthening the Festac electricity network and