Company, BEDC, in Akure, the state capital over what they described as “crazy electricity bill’s” they have been receiving.
Some of the placards read “We say no to crazy bills,” “We don’t want estimated Billings,” “BEDC, Give us Pre-Paid Meters,” “BEDC is Cheating Us,” “We Are Ready to Pay for What We Consume.” It, however, took the intervention of soldiers to allow some of the members of staff to go about their duties. Popoola accused the BEDC of only being interested in collecting electricity bills, adding that the bills they usually receive was between N70,000 to N110,000 monthly per house.While describing the bill as outrageous, the Estate Chairman maintained that the transformer procured by the landlords was yet to be installed.
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