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Despite the Federal Government’s intervention targeted at addressing the Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos shortfalls through the provision of prepaid meters, there are indications that residents under Eko Electricity Distribution Company, EKEDC, networks pay as high as N15,000 to acquire prepaid metre forms from marketing staff.
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A 35-year-old man, Femi Adesaji, on Thursday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Ota, Ogun, for allegedly tampering with a prepaid meter belonging to Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC). The police charged Adesaji, who lives in Ota with three counts of criminal damage, conspiracy and breach of peace. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Cynthia Okezie, told
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By Prince Okafor With over 10 million households in Nigeria yet to be provided with electricity meter, the Federal government has commenced the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) in partnership with the eleven Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCO, Mojec International Limited, along with other metering manufacturing companies in the country. The NMMP is to roll out
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As 7.5 % hike in VAT begins Feb.1 Electricity Consumers will have to pay more for prepaid meters as the hike in Federal Government’s Value Added Tax, VAT, from 5 to 7.5 per cent, begins from February 1, this year. An investigation by Vanguard showed that the Electricity Distribution Companies, DISCOs, have already communicated this
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Customers of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) say that the company will be creating disquiet and mass protests as it moves ahead with its plans to phase-out pre-paid meters in South-East. A notice to that effect signed by EEDC Network Manager, Mr Jyotirmaya Lenka, dated Dec. 16, was sneaked into consumers premises few days to
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The plan to meter over five million electricity customers in Nigeria who are allegedly being charged dubious estimated bills by the power distribution companies (DisCos) may be careening towards disaster under the new minister of power Engr. Sale Mamman, experts revealed. The spiral downward in the hitherto noble plan birth by Babatunde Fashola when he
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By Bashir Bello As part of efforts to put to an end the contentious issues surrounding estimated billings, the Kano Electricity Distribution Company, KEDCO has commenced the roll-out of prepaid meters for its customers in Katsina State. Speaking during the ceremony in Katsina at the weekend, the Managing Director, Jamilu Ishaku Gwamna said 70 per
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An indigenous smart pre-paid meters manufacturer, Mojec International Limited, has denied responsibility for high electricity bills, saying that tariffs lies within the purview of distribution companies (DISCOs).
Read More Our metering project is challenged at the moment due to financial constraints and because we have to upgrade other supply infrastructure
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