01 February 2017, Sweetcrude, Kaduna – Amid the growing concern over the rise in incidences of death by electrocution and other forms of electrical accident across the country, Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company has stressed the need for full compliance with the health, safety and environment, HSE, code by electricity users and the service providers.
The team lead (Media and Community Relations) of the company, Idris Muhammad made the call in a Kaduna State Media Corporation, KSMC, audience participation programme, ‘Kasar mu a Yau’ monitored in Kaduna.
The electricity worker disclosed that most of the electrical accidents and electrocution recorded in the country in the recent past were attributable to negligence, non observance of the necessary safety measures by electricity users and unauthorised tampering with power supply facilities by untrained persons.
He revealed that even though Kaduna Electric has recorded the least number of accidents associated with electricity in the last two years, the company nonetheless attached high premium on safety of lives and public as well as private assets.