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Consumer rights group tackles National Assembly over failure to criminalise estimated billing

Adesina .O (Teekay) by Adesina .O (Teekay)
May 6, 2022
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The inability of the National Assembly to criminalize the issuance of estimated bills by electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to customers has been condemned by the Energy Consumer Rights and Responsibility Initiative (ECRRI).

Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday, the ECRRI National President, Mr Surai Fadairo, said the move would have accelerated the bridging of the metering gap in the country.

In 2018, the Federal House of Representatives tried to stop the issuance of such bills to consumers across the country.

The bill would mandate DisCos to provide prepaid meters within a specified period.

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Fadairo said, “This bill would have put an end to what Nigerians are facing today in the hands of the DisCos but unfortunately it did not scale through.

“We believe that there is a need to revive the bill, especially as we are moving toward another election year with the reconstitution of a new national assembly.

“There is a need to stop the exploitation of Nigerians with outrageous bills and the best way to do that is to make it an offence to issue estimated bills to customers.”

He said the group was ready to work with the legislators to ensure that the estimated billing system was prohibited in Nigeria which would compel the DisCos to intensify efforts to meter customers.

According to him, this has become imperative, especially with the implementation of the Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO) for the DisCos as approved by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission.

“The MYTO has been approved for the DisCos until 2025 which will see periodic reviews in tariffs to customers based on certain parameters.

“We believe the only way customers can be best served is for them to get metered to prevent further exploitation,” he said.

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