Traders group passes vote-of-confidence on EEDC
South-East Amalgamated Markets Traders Association (SEAMATA) has passed a vote-of-confidence on the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC).
With the vote SEAMATA said it was sure that the electricity firm would deliver on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the latter signed with the Anambra Government.
It would be recalled that recently the EEDC and the Anambra Government signed the MoU on providing energy security and extending electricity access to all residents of the state.
The affirmation of the vote-of-confidence is contained in a letter addressed to the Chairman, Board of Directors, EEDC, Sir Emeka Offor.
The letter, which was conveyed after at a general meeting of SEAMATA in Enugu on Saturday, March 25, was signed and issued to journalists on Tuesday by the group’s President-General, Chief Gozie Akudolu and Secretary-General, Mr Alex Okwudili.
The letter expressed optimism that residents of Anambra would be guaranteed up to 18 hours of electricity supply daily with the implementation of the MOU.
It extolled Offor’s visionary leadership, stressing that with this latest development he had demonstrated that he was a blessing to the state.
It said that the group was confident that EEDC remained “the wheel that will propel the state to being the industrial investment destination of the South-East.”
“With this feat, industrial and commercial activities shall start to boom, employment will be created and most of our youths shall be taken off the streets, thereby curbing crimes and reducing vices to the barest minimum in the state.
“The improved power supply presently enjoyed across communities in the South-East has given us high expectations on the positive impact of the collaboration with the state government on our businesses.
“The association and its members have absolute and implicit confidence in your company’s ability and competence to deliver on this mandate effectively and satisfactorily,” it said.
In September 2022, SEAMATA also commended the management of EEDC, passing a vote-of-confidence on the firm in recognition of the remarkable improvement in power supply in the entire South-East.
SEAMATA is the umbrella union of traders in all the markets in the five states of South-East, as well as traders of South-East extraction doing business in all the states across the country and in the Diaspora.
