Some residents of Somolu have berated Ikeja Electric Distribution Company (IKEDC) for the delay in delivery and installation of their prepaid meters that have long been paid for since early January 2023. Some of the residents who shared their thought on the provocation condemned the act and requested for refund of their money if IKEDC cannot get what they paid for in due course.
According to one of the residents who spoke on anonymity said it was a sad situation for them to have paid and not get what they paid for as promised and still get humongous bills on a monthly basis.
She narrated further, “Nothing seems to be working in Nigeria, imagine paying for a prepaid meter since January this year with a promise to get us the prepaid meter delivered and installed within ten working days only for them to keep us waiting endlessly.”
“Before now, the crazy bill is just too much for us to bear and we decided to get the prepaid meter for our comfort and convenience, and up till now, nothing to show for what we paid for. Several complaints made at the customers’ care desk did not yield any result except asking us to wait for new consignment saying that the prepaid is not available.”
“The bill keeps soaring on a monthly basis. In February alone, it was N80, 453.00, the following month which is March came with a bill of N100,749 which is considered too much for us. We’re only seven tenants using the analog meter which they called estimated billing. And it has not stopped till this moment”.
“How much is my salary that I will be paying almost N15,000 on a monthly basis? Even if I have such money, isn’t it reasonable enough to commit it to something beneficial rather than spending it on an electricity bill? What about others who don’t have and just managing their life and family? The same is happening to others in the same locality”.
“What they bring on a monthly basis as the bill doesn’t always commensurate with what we use and for a week, we may not have access to the light and yet, they bring the humongous bill, this is disheartening.”
The woman and other residents, however, called on the Federal government and other stakeholders in the power sector to have a rethink and considered the poor masses rather than taking unnecessary advantage of them at every available opportunity. She narrated.
