9th April 2026, NewsOrient, Business And Economy, Governance And Development, News. Photo Credit: M Group

Aba Power, an electricity distributor, DISCO, has identified windstorm as one of the causes of recent power failures in some parts of Aba, Abia State.

The company said this while reassuring Umuomainta community in Mbawsi-Nsulu of Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State of it’s preparedness to restore electricity in the area after loss of six high tension poles.

The assurance was contained in a statement released by the Aba Power Senior Brand and Communications Manager, Edise Ekong.

Ekong said: “The six poles are among the over 70 high tension (HT) and over 10 low tension (LT) poles we have lost in the last three weeks to windstorm as the rainy season has set in.”

He explained further, that “our reaction time to such incidents is affected by the unusually high demand for poles in recent months”.

As a result of reliable and quality electricity in the Aba Ring-fenced Area serviced by Aba Power, which comprises nine of the 17 local government areas (LGAs) in Abia State, there is now a growing demand for poles.

“Just last week,” noted Ekong, “the Aba Power Managing Director, Barrister Ugo Opiegbe, directed our people, including suppliers, to source electric poles from neighbouring places like Port Harcourt in Rivers State because the demand far outstrips what is available in Aba and the environs”.

He described the economic and social activities in Aba in the last two years as “unprecedented as a result of constant electricity and the Abia State development programmes.”

He disclosed that communities like Ntigha were last December taken away from the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) and handed over to Aba for efficient electricity supply.

“There are some other towns in both Ukwa East and West LGAs which are having power for the first time in years”, he added, remarking that the Abia State government spent a huge amount to revive electricity in these places last December.

As he puts it: “In fact, Aba Power is about to officially commission its own 41-kilometre line dedicated to manufacturers in Ukwa West LGA sharing a border with Rivers State.

“Aba power now provides electricity to towns in Etche LGA of Rivers State”.

According to him, “these developments, coupled with the emergence of new industries, hotels, housing estates, and private individual residences, as well as the construction of a new airport in the Aba area “are putting enormous pressure on the demand for poles all over Abia State.

“It takes three weeks for electric poles to cure, that is, to be fit for installation”.

Ekong however said that in spite of these challenges, the Umuomainta community in Ngwa North LGA and other communities are assured of quality and regular electricity supply in Abia State.

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