Yemisi Izuora
Meter asset provider Armese Consulting has supplied over 15,000 electricity meters to customers in its coverage area few months following the flag-off of the MAP exercise by the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) in Rivers State.
In its Metering Service Agreement (MSA) with PHED, Armese is tasked with supply and installation of single/three-phase meters in designated coverage areas across Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River States, all of which fall under the PHED jurisdiction.
Armese, which boasts a 20,580sqm meter manufacturing facility with the installed capacity to produce 3 million meters yearly, assured of continual supply of meters to power commercial entities and households during and after the lockdown occasioned by the corona virus.
Dr. Dallas Peavey, Group Chief Operating Officer, Income Electrix, parent company of Armese Consulting, disclosed that within the past one year, Armese had also been engaged by Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) and the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), among others, to supply meters for electricity distribution.
He said: “At Armese, our business orientation is 360-degree customer satisfaction. As such, we remain committed to fulfilling our contractual obligations in the face of impossible odds, including the ravaging corona virus which has drastically affected the supply chain for meter asset assembly locally.
“Anticipating and heading off unforeseen challenges so we keep customers happy has kept us in business for the past 17 years, and will continue to drive our operations in the foreseeable future.”
Armese recently joined high-powered stakeholders drawn from the Akwa Ibom State Government, PHED and Ibom Power to brainstorm workable strategies ahead of the anticipated kick-off of the ‘Power for All’ project in Akwa Ibom.
‘Power for All’ is an ambitious project which seeks to optimize the electrical network infrastructure in Akwa Ibom and provide power to households/businesses leveraging the state’s independent power company, Ibom Power.