Kazeem Badmus
A Civil Society Organisation, People Against Corruption and Injustice, has berated the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), over its estimated billing to customers that have paid for prepaid meters but not yet given.
The group, in an open letter to IBEDC, demanded explanation on why there is delay in the supply of prepaid meters to customers who have paid since 2016.
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According to the group, IBEDC action is against the Electric Power Sector Reform (EPSR) Act 2005, adding that the inability of the company to supply the already paid-for meters is and should be its responsibility and not that of the customers who are being given estimated billing.
Signed by the group’s Head of Directorate of Public Affairs, Naheem Olaore, the letter reads in parts: “The attention of our esteemed group, People Against Corruption and Injustice (PACI) has been drawn to the April 2023 estimated billing in Osun State where you placed the majority of your customers using black and digital meter on estimated billings, even though your marketers have access to pick reading on the said meters.
“We are constrained to bear our mind on this issue of public interest after seen clearly that it is against the Electric Power Sector Reform (EPSR) Act 2005.
“It is a known fact that majority of the masses who are victims of these estimated billings have paid for prepaid meters since 2016.
“The inability of your company to supply the already paid-for meters is and should be the responsibility that you have to take with full chest without having to put your innocent customers in pain for your failure.
“We demand that IBEDC should stop the estimated billing of customers that have paid for prepaid meters but not yet supplied.
“We shall not hesitate to take actions henceforth if the extortion situation persists”.
