The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bauchi State Council, has condemned incessant illegal disconnections by some officials of Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JED) in the state.
The journalists, on Monday, expressed displeasure over the activities of JED officials who move around the town in the company’s vehicles to disconnect customers on prepaid meters “simply to force customers back to estimated billing.”
According to a statement by the union, there is a lacuna in the payment of power supply in the name of estimated bills, especially in paying for services not rendered, including payments for darkness.
The secretary of the Union, Isa Garba Gadau, said, “The Press Centre previously paid between N1m and N1.6m monthly before installing a prepaid meter.
We now consume about N50,000 per month, or are they sad because they could not get such an amount from us again? They have…
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