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- People of Enugwu-Agidi successful Anambra State stormed the bureau of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) successful protestation implicit mediocre powerfulness proviso and exploitative estimated billing
- Onwuora Chinedu, person of the protesters, highlights years of alleged extortion and demands that EEDC prioritise powerfulness proviso to Enugwu-Agidi and comply with NERC's mandate to metre each households
- The protesters endanger a prolonged objection until the powerfulness organisation institution changes the exploitative argumentation and meets the demands of the communities
Awka, Anambra State.- Over a 1000 residents of Enugu-Agidi assemblage successful Anambra authorities person stormed the bureau of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) successful the country to request an mentation implicit what they described arsenic exploitative estimated billing, arsenic good arsenic mediocre and epileptic powerfulness proviso successful the area.
Legit.ng gathered that the aggrieved assemblage members staged a peaceful protestation astatine the EEDC bureau successful the Enugwu-Agidi area, decrying years of alleged extortion and exploitation done estimated billing, contempt mediocre energy supply.
Source: UGC
Protesters carried placards with inscriptions specified as:-
“Enugwu-Agidi Has No Light,” “We Say No to Load Shedding,” “EEDC Must Respect Our Rights."Speaking with Legit.ng analogous during the protest, person of the protesters, Onwuora Chinedu, who is besides the convener of the South East Electricity Consumers Association, Enugwu-Agidi chapter, described the protestation arsenic indispensable and agelong overdue.
According to him, the EEDC had continued to contented precocious energy bills to the assemblage without a corresponding powerfulness supply.
“We are bushed of paying for energy we don’t receive. It’s axenic exploitation. In 1986, we contributed wealth from our cultivation nutrient to instal energy successful Enugwu-Agidi. NEPA, then, did not lend a dime. "We lone invited them for the commissioning, since then, we person been maintaining the infrastructure without immoderate enactment from the powerfulness organisation company,” Onwuora said.He explained that for the past 4 months, the EEDC had disconnected the town’s energy supply, claiming that the energy was being redistributed to neighbouring communities.
“This is unacceptable. We installed this energy web ourselves. Why should we beryllium denied work truthful that others tin payment from what we laboured for?” He added.Onwuora demanded that EEDC prioritise powerfulness proviso to Enugwu Agidi and that it should afloat comply with the mandate of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to metre each households, thereby eliminating estimated billing.
“EEDC charges households arsenic overmuch arsenic N20,000 monthly done estimated billing, adjacent erstwhile nary powerfulness is supplied. This is fraudulent. NERC directed that nary billing should hap without prepaid meters. "They besides forces consumers to money repairs by buying wires, poles, cables, and transformers, and inactive demands outgo for installation. "Those are the company’s responsibilities,” helium emphasised.He besides appealed to the Enugwu Agidi Progressive Union to intervene earlier the substance escalates further.
Source: UGC
Enugwu-Agidi assemblage younker leader's address
The younker person of Enugwu-Agidi community, Okesabuikem Okongwu, told Legit.ng that the municipality was fed up with estimated billing and the exploitation that comes with it.
“More than 80% of our residents are connected postpaid billing. Many applied for prepaid meters, but EEDC has refused to contented them because, estimated billing is much lucrative for the company. Yet, contempt the precocious bills, we hardly bask electricity,” helium stated.He reiterated the youths’ resoluteness to proceed protesting until their demands are met and urged the municipality national to enactment swiftly to forestall further deterioration of the situation.
The acting president of Enugwu Agidi Town Union, Ozo Chidozie Igwenu, commended the youths for their peaceful disposition during the protest.
“I was successful Awka erstwhile I received calls astir protestation successful Enugwu-Agidi. I had to unreserved backmost utilizing a borrowed car. Your grievances are valid, and intelligibly visible. As a municipality union, we're not unaware of EEDC’s existent activities, and we volition ne'er enactment thing that harms our people,” helium said.Igwenu besides acknowledged that the deficiency of powerfulness proviso has led to an summation successful cablegram and transformer vandalism successful the community.
“Just past night, vandals destroyed cables worthy implicit N2.4 million. If powerfulness were regularly supplied, this wouldn’t beryllium happening. Your protestation is genuine, and I guarantee each of you that the municipality national volition measurement successful instantly to code these issues,” helium added.NERC Announces New Rate for Electricity
Legit.ng antecedently reported that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced that the currency complaint utilized to find Band A consumers' existent energy outgo has been lowered by 16.03%.
NERC cited this successful its precocious released Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO) for May to December 2024. The energy regulator consequently said that it slashed the complaint from the contiguous N1,463.3/$ to N1,277.8/$ owed to the appreciation of the naira against the dollar successful the past month.
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Authors:
Mokwugo Solomon (Anambra State Correspondent) Anambra's determination analogous Mokwugwo Solomon is an Editor, Investigative Journalist, and Media Consultant, with a wealthiness of acquisition spanning 17 years. He bagged his B/Ed grade successful English Education from University of Abuja, present Yakubu Gowon University. After 17 years successful assorted areas of journalism, Mokwugwo Solomon is present the Correspondent of Legit.ng successful Anambra State, Nigeria, wherever helium applies his expertise to supply incisive sum of events. Contact him at: [email protected] OR: +2348063831036.
Abdul-Hafeez Fadehan (Editorial Assistant) Abdul-Hafeez Fadehan is simply a Legit.ng writer with implicit a twelvemonth of acquisition penning for Punch Newspaper. He received his BSc successful Criminology and Security Studies from FUOYE. His inheritance successful media communications and criminology, with applicable acquisition successful research, interviewing, and integer media, allows him to trade compelling narratives that thrust affirmative change. Fadehan is an Editorial Assistant connected Politics/CA Desk astatine Legit.ng. He is committed to ethical journalism, leveraging his skills to make a meaningful impact. Reach him astatine [email protected] oregon 070622666732.
