Over 694 electricity users in the Port Harcourt electricity distribution zone (comprised of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and Rivers states) have benefited from power clinic, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED).
Chief executive officer of PHED, Jay McCoskey disclosed this during a public function in Port Harcourt.
The power clinic was flagged off in August 2016 by the management of PHED, to conduct free medical checks on some of its customers in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River and Rivers States.
McCoskey said, PHED, as a responsive company, the health of its customers was very paramount to it; and that is why it partners with Hygeia in providing free medical checks to its numerous customers out there.
“It is a way of identifying with our customers over the years for remaining faithful with us through payment of their electricity bills. The free medical checks afforded customers the opportunity of having their blood pressure, sugar level, and eyes tested, among others, in the four states of our licensed area of coverage,” the PHEC chief executive officer said.
A cross section of some of the beneficiaries interviewed expressed surprise and happiness over the free medical checks by PHED.
“I am surprised to see PHED with their medical team coming out to carry out medical checks on us free of charge here in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, because it has never happened before,” said Victor Udom Akpan, a resident of 22, Nwaniba Road, Uyo said.
To Ify Joe-Benson of Agip Estate in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, she was happy when her eyes were tested by a PHED medical team at Presidential Hotel during the public forum with the House of Representatives committee on Power.
The power clinic is one of the CSR initiatives embarked upon by PHED in contributing positively to its environment.
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company, it would be recalled, donated school bags, pencils, and crayons to school children in the four states, during this year’s Children’s Day celebration on 27 May, annually.
