Consumer group seeks speedy passage of bill criminalising estimated billing

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A group, Electricity Consumer Protection Forum has called for the speedy passage of the bill seeking to criminalise estimated billings by Electricity Distribution Companies in the country.

News Agency of NigeriaSamuel-Ilori was reacting to a recent resolution of the Senate which urged the Federal Government to explore nuclear options in resolving Nigeria’s energy crisis.I spent 12 years in jail, lost my parents, but achieved my dream –Lawyer

“The Discos will come in, without taking the actual meter reading, send outrageous bills to the consumers for electricity never consumed. According to him, the Discos even go as far as setting monthly revenue targets for their personnel despite the epileptic power supply to Nigerians.

 

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Consumer advocacy in Nigeria or in Africa is rare. This is an urgent bill. You guys should the agency that deals Anti_Competition in the country to do it's job. Too much illegal price fixing in the market.

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