Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) says it has told its customers in Gombe not to pay anyone to repair faulty electricity transformers in their communities.
Speaking with NAN, Musa Abdullahi, chief security officer of JEDC, he said it was not the responsibility of customers to repair faulty transformers.
Abdullahi emphasised that residents should report transformer issues to JEDC offices and not pay officials for repairs, stating that requests for community contributions were wrong, fraudulent and unacceptable.
“We don’t collect money from communities to fix transformers so no one is expected to pay,” he said.
“For any staff to go to communities collecting N5000, N3000 or any amount per households or street is fraudulent and we frown at such.
“If you have a challenge and cannot wait for your transformers to be fixed, you write to the Managing Director through the Regional Manager that you want to support the company willingly.
“Whoever asks you for money, escalate the issue to the regional manager and we will make example of them.
Abdullahi urged the communities to report illegal demands from staff and to support the company’s efforts to protect power installations in the state.
Residents were implored to refrain from assaulting JEDC officials while on duty.