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Ekiti State government has directed authorities of Benin Electricity Distribution Company to restore power to the state without further delay. The Chief of Staff to the governor, Chief Dipo Anisulowo, gave the marching order on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti while holding an emergency meeting with officials of BEDC. At the meeting, Anisulowo said his office had been inundated with sad complaints by artisans, resort centre operators as well as owners of viewing centres among several others of the devastating effects of power-cut on their businesses. He said authorities of BEDC had refused to supply electricity to Ado-Ekiti as well as other towns and villages in Ekiti State since Monday this week. But reacting, a top official of BEDC who reacted on behalf of the company confirmed the power-cut but absolved the firm of deliberately causing untold hardship on residents. He explained that the fault that brought about the five-day power-cut was as a result of damage done to the Oshogbo transmission station. He promised that power would be restored as soon as on-going corrective measures being carried out were concluded.