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From Jude Owuamanam, Jos
Jos Electricity Distribution (JED) Plc is seeking greater cooperation with Tiamin Rice Mill in Bauchi, Bauchi State in a bid to increase its revenue.
To this end, JED Managing Director, Engr Abdu Bello Mohammed, on Saturday paid a business visit to the mill
Tiamin Rice Mill is a grains processing company that has the capacity for huge energy consumption.
Mohammed told newsmen after the visit that he was poised towards winning companies with the capacity for huge consumption of energy met with the management of the company with the view to persuading them to consume energy being distributed by the Jos Electricity Distribution Plc.
The MD who took a comprehensive facility tour of the mill to determine their energy needs and the possibility of giving them an uninterrupted power supply, said it was part of the strategy to increase the company’s revenue yield.
He also used the opportunity to discuss the possibility of JED Plc entering into a business partnership relating to the supply of subsidized rice for JED staff.
A statement by Head, Corporate Communications, Dr Friday Adakole Elijah, said on the visit with the Managing Director were the Chief Technical officer, Engr Hamisu Jigawa, the Chief Commercial Officer, Dr Abubakar Jimeta, Acting Head of audit, Ibrahim Doggi, and the Chief Security officer, Alhaji Musa Abdullahi.
It would be recalled that since assumption of office last year, Engr Mohammed had visited several huge energy-consuming companies who were hitherto using alternative sources of energy and persuaded them to take their energy from Jos Electricity Distribution Plc.
Some of these companies are Nasco groups of companies, Jos, Dangote Cement Plant, Gboko, Grand cereal oil mill, and Gombe Rice Millers among others.
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