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By Bunmi Oni
Residents of Olosun community, Ota in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State have called on the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to come to their aid as the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) is making life unbearable for them.
They said most of the time, the community is in total darkness as a result of power outages lasting for days without any plausible explanation.
According to the residents, the action of the power company does not preclude it from bringing outrageous bills for consumers despite the persistent blackout.
A resident of the community, Mr. Matthew Olaosebikan, on Wednesday said: “Only God can save us from this persistent power outage from IBEDC. For over seven months now, it has been from one outage to another. We spent the last Christmas in darkness.
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HUNDREDS of aggrieved electricity consumers, including civil society organisations took to the streets in Port Harcourt on Wednesday to protest what they termed continued estimated billings by the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company.
While asking the power distribution company to leave the state, the protesters under the aegis of Concerned Electricity Consumers in Rivers State, blocked the entrance of the PHEDC head office along Moscow Road, demanding to be addressed by the Managing Director.
The protesters who carried placards bearing inscriptions such as, ‘No to illegal disconnections’, ‘Give us prepaid meters’ , ‘Residents of Ogbogoro rejects N3.6m outrageous demand by PHEDC to supply power to the area’, among others.
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Adelani Adepegba, Abuja
The President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the state governors will discuss the issue of fuel pricing Thursday.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, disclosed this Sunday night after a bipartite meeting of the Federal Government and the organised labour at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Briefing journalists on their resolutions, Ngige said the labour had investigated the report of the Technical Committee on Premium Motor Spirit Pricing Framework as agreed at the last meeting and made their submissions alongside the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
The minister said, “The labour side saw that they (NNPC) were making some points and like I said, it is work in progress. Governors are going to discuss this on Thursday.