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Residents of Magboro community in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State have accused the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company of burdening them with estimated bills despite epileptic power supply.
The residents, during a protest held on Saturday, accused the company of introducing a load shedding plan, which they described as arbitrary.
The protesters, who alleged that they bought all the materials used to power the community, accused IBEDC of serving them exorbitant bills despite epileptic power supply.
The Vice-Chairman of the Electricity Committee in the community, Victor Odigie, told our correspondents that despite informing the firm of a meeting with officials on Saturday, it deployed security agents against them to avoid discussing with the residents.
Prepaid Meters: Indigenous producers record 79% under-performance in phase zero of NMMP
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By Udeme Akpan & Obas Esiedesa
THERE are indications that the April 2021 target of providing one million prepaid meters to consumers under the phase zero of National Mass Metering Programme, NMMP, would not be met as indigenous producers have recorded 79 per cent under-performance.
The indigenous producers and others were expected to provide the one million meters under the NMMP as a strategy to increase domestic manufacturing capacity, additional jobs creation and conservation of scarce foreign exchange. But as at April 16, 2021, the producers were only able to supply 210,000 prepaid, indicating 21 per cent performance, to the various Electricity Distribution Companies; DisCos in the nation, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.
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