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Reports reaching us is that the federal low-cost community
in Jos, plateau state, came together to sue Jos electricity distribution
company. This was made possible by their contribution of a thousand naira each.
Their grievances stem majorly from the fact that the company
made it a priority to replace their old meters with a new type despite the
members have several challenges, especially transformers, that the company
failed to address.
The new meter that some prefer to call ‘Vectra’ because of
the way their credit runs down when they recharge is to replace the old one
that is said not to have any fault or challenges. Some see it as an implementation of price increase
despite it hasn’t been approved by the Federal Government or National Assembly.
Another member of the community who prefers to stay anonymous
said, 'the charges by the Jos electricity distribution company on the citizens of
Jos Plateau State is more than any other state in Nigeria and an increment on of their bills
through the new prepaid meters is day light robbery'.
One of them said, 'it was because the people of Rantya and
Etobaba community accepted the ‘Vectra’ of a meter in good faith, that was why
the company wants to spread them all over Jos. Imagine the waste of resources and
misplacement of priority exhibited by the company: people are complaining that
there is no light, they prefer to bring meters to empty people’s pocket the moment
light comes. People complained that
some lines and transformers are bad they prefer to divert the money to what will
give them more revenue instead of solving the problem of the people. It is utmost
display of barbarism, wickedness and soullessness for the company to prefer to
extort people of the state at any given opportunity than fixing the
problems of power availability.'
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