Umuahia residents protest soaring electricity bills
The protesters carried placards with different inscriptions, such as “We cannot pay N50,000 bill”, “Return electricity bill back to status ...
The protesters carried placards with different inscriptions, such as “We cannot pay N50,000 bill”, “Return electricity bill back to status ...
“We spend between N25,000 and N30,000 on diesel daily for our activities, and it is not easy at all.”
Many parts of the state, especially those in Bands B to E, have been in darkness since 1 August.
According to MEDL, the new tariff would result in EEDC incurring a monthly loss of over N1 billion, making it ...
The Imo State Government has reacted to the development.
The EEDC was the power distribution company in charge of electricity supply in south-east Nigeria, including Abia State.
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In June 2024, President Bola Tinubu assented to the electricity bill, which authorises states, companies, and individuals to generate, transmit ...
The grid collapsed around 6:58 p.m. on Monday, with generation dropping significantly.
The electricity company was reacting to an announcement by an individual requesting the company's customers to pay N5,000 to an ...
The EEDC was reacting to a claim that the company was calling on its customers to apply for free prepaid ...
This is happening hours after the Enugu State Government allegedly sealed some offices of the EEDC in the state.
This happened days after EEDC announced that it would disconnect the Enugu State Government and other state governments in the ...
The company is owed over N180 billion in unpaid electricity bills, according to an official.
Members of the board of the EEDC are currently engaged in a tussle over the sack of its former Managing ...
The EEDC, which is responsible for distributing electricity to the entire five South-east states, said the system collapse occurred at ...
The company said about 135 suspected vandals were arrested and handed over to the police at different stations, out of ...
“Honestly, it is very bad. Let EEDC please help us. I am begging,” says a resident.
“We understand the inconveniences this situation has caused our esteemed customers and appeal for their understanding as it is beyond ...
The electricity company disclosed this on Saturday.
Workers in Imo State embarked on a statewide strike on Wednesday to protest against "persistent and egregious violations of the ...
Due to this development, one of the distribution companies said all its interface TCN stations are out of supply.
“It has gone so bad that the vandals now go as far as draining transformer oil, even after carting away ...
An official said the arsonists inflicted machete cuts on a security official at the company’s office for refusing to surrender ...
The suspects have been handed over to the police, the official said.
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