The Kwara state government has in the last three years spent N6 billion on the electrification of over 60 communities in the state.

The state governor, Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed, disclosed this at the Consumers Forum organised by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) in Ilorin, the state capital.

Represented by the state permanent secretary, ministry of energy, Mr Gabriel Jimoh, Ahmed said government's huge investment in power supply was geared towards the development of the grassroots.

He said government would create a platform with the stakeholders in the energy sector to ensure stable and improved electricity supply to the people of the state. He, however, urged the company to improve on its services, assuring that the state government would always create enabling environment for the company to operate.

The managing director of IBEDC, Mr Fortunato Leynes, solicited the support of all the stakeholders in capturing scrupulous individuals who bypass their meters by installing electric wires directly from the poles, running it through the ceilings to the electrical loads inside their houses.

Leynes, who also appealed to the people to protect the company's facilities, said until the menace of vandalism and electricity pilferage were nipped in the bud, the plan to improve the distribution facilities and service delivery would be very difficult.