ELECTRICITY consumers have called for the revocation of the licenses of Distribution Companies (DISCOs) and sanctions against estimated billing otherwise, known as crazy bills.
They also accused the regulatory arm of the power sector, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, of conniving with the distribution companies, DISCOs, to defraud consumers. These views were expressed at the just concluded Zonal interactive session between the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on Electricity Customers’ Complaints and electricity consumers in Lagos.
A customer who identified herself as Dr. Ibukun Ogundipe, Chairman, Ekiti Landlords and Landladys’ Electricity Consumers Association, under the network of Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, said, “The distribution company is fraudulent as we are on the verge of charging them to court. We don’t get supply but still receive enormous and unimaginable bills on a monthly basis. In Ado Ekiti, for example, there are no pre-paid meters.”
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