Air Accident
FFR (Electrocution) are FREER volunteer responders that are trained in providing emergency and rescue operations following cases of electricity breakage. This is done using the most effective and appropriate international standard. The team is most likely to collaborate with NERC.
Two hundred and sixty-nine Nigerians were killed in electricity-related accidents in 30 months, spanning between January 2021 and June 2023, an analysis of two separate reports by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has shown.
The Federal Government has revealed that no fewer than 51 people lost their lives in electrical accidents in the first half of 2024.
The incidents were said to have affected eight electricity distribution companies across the country.
According to the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency, 10 of the fatalities involved staff members of the affected Discos, including Eko, Jos, Abuja, Benin, Port Harcourt, and Enugu.
The data, which was sourced from NERC’s quarterly reports for Q1 and Q2, 2023 as well as the commission ‘s Annual Reports and Accounts for 2022, indicated that this year alone, between January and June 45 Nigerians were electrocuted.
The NERC report stated that in 2021, 115 fatalities were recorded, while in 2022 the figure was 109. Added to the 45 deaths by electric shock in the first six months of 2023, the total deaths in the last 30 months were 269, the review indicated.
