Kaduna Power Consumers Protest Outrageous Bills
BY AMOS TAUNA, KADUNA – Consumers of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company on Tuesday stormed the premises of the company and protested the outrageous March bill given to them.
They also condemned the epileptic power supply being experienced in areas of Kaduna metropolis, in spite of complaints made to the Kaduna Electric without any response.
A letter signed by Comrade L A. Abdullahi on behalf of Concern People of Doka, Kaduna North Local Government Area to the Managing Director, Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company on, ‘Demand Answers for Doubled Electric Bills and Insufficient Supply of Electricity, ‘ noted that several hundreds of electric bills under the KEDCO within Doka community and beyond has doubled or tripled in the last month of March, 2017. “There has not been any reason or information given by KEDCO on the high cost of electricity. We found out that our bills have dramatically increased,” said the letter.
The letter written to the Kaduna Electric and copied to the Kaduna State Government and other security agents and made available to newsmen said, “People in our community cannot afford these kinds of bills. Most jobs around us only pay a meagre amount, meaning the rates of services and goods will go up at the business centres. This will kill our community growth and at large brings underdevelopment to the entire nation.
“We are appealing to the authority concern to look into this outrageous increase of electricity bills and come to our aid for the betterment of our community.”
The increased in electricity bill in the month of March has become a thing of great concern to consumers in Kaduna and other towns.
Head of Communications of Kaduna Electric, Alhaji Abdulazeez Abdullahi, who addressed the consumers, assured that consumers should not entertain any fear, pointing out that there was no increase in tariff; hence there is no cause of alarm. He assured that the increased in the bill would be taken care of in subsequent months.
