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To enhance corporate performance, the Management of Jos Electricity Distribution Plc has introduced a 30% debt discount for all indebted customers who are desiring to defrost their debts at once.

This was made known by the Dr Friday Adakole Elijah, Head, Corporate Communications of the company.


Adakole noted that company has also promised to promote the best Regional Manager in terms of cash collection every month.


The Managing Director, Engr Abdu Bello Mohammed made this disclosure last Thursday in Gombe during an interactive session with staff of the Region.

The Managing Director who explained that the debt discount would only apply to customers who are willing to pay the entirety of their indebtedness to the company at once urged customers to take advantage of the promo which he said would be in force till the end of January 2023 to neutralize their debts.


On the other hand, Engr Mohammed who was optimistic that the staff could change the negative financial histories of the company to positivity promised to reward the region that comes top in every collection circle.


The Chief Executive Officer, therefore, urged the staff to endeavour to improve the company’s revenue collection stressing that the company under his watch would be focusing greatly on staff welfare saying, “soon after I assumed duty, about 121 staff who were left unconfirmed were confirmed. We intend to look into staff promotion soon. I understand that some staff have stagnated for up to ten years in one position. This is not good. We can not operate like this. But for us to achieve what we intend to achieve, we must have to increase our collection efficiency in terms of naira yield”.

“Please, let us improve the company’s performance and you will see what I will do. Our current collection performance is about 50%. We buy this energy from the Gencos and we can’t collect the cost of the energy. You collect goods on credit to sell and return the money but after selling, you are only able to collect about half of the total worth of the goods, how are you going to make up for the balance?, asked the Managing Director.


Engr Mohammed, therefore, charged staff to stem the tide of poor revenue collection explaining that, ” your inability to perform could be catastrophic as I can not tell what will happen to you if the trend continues”.

He urged staff to take ownership of the company saying, “this is where you work. This is where you feed from. Your family depends on this. Your relations depend on this. Even the society where you live to some extent depends on you because you are working. We should therefore put in our best to enable the company to grow. When the company grows, we will all be better off”.

In his words, “We must move the company forward. We must salvage the situation. I can see the very intelligent and energetic staff here. All you need to do is the push and determination to change the narratives”.


The Managing Director who decried corruption in all ramifications called for attitudinal change from the staff stressing that, ” you must abide by ethical conduct. I will not tolerate any bad act from anyone of you. While we will not tolerate any bad acts from you, we are ready to support you to do your job diligently”.

In his remarks, the Regional Manager, Alhaji Babajada Awaulu, who promised to work assiduously for the growth of the company disclosed that the region has been progressing steadily in terms of revenue collection since he assumed duty in Gombe.

The Managing Director was accompanied on the working visit to Gombe by the Chief Operating Officer, Alhaji Mammanlafia Umar, the Chief Commercial Officer, Engr Muniir Abubakar, the Head, Regional Operations, Engr John Emeruwa, the Chief Security Officer, Mallam Musa Abdullahi as well as Head of Corporate Planning and Strategy, Alhaji Nafiu Bello.

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