Kaxmytex:
That shii is too lonnng

TEYA:

What you won't believe is that I met several Nigerians who claim with the old meter, they are cheating nepa and do not even want the prepaid meter. I just weak when my own sister told me she does not want the prepaid meter.

nairalandtruthr:
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A thread on why PREPAID METER being distributed TO ALL may never be achieved in Nigeria.
After the Nigerian Police, Nigerian Electricity distribution companies are next on the list when it comes to corruption. This has been in existence from time immemorial, just like barracks, many government have come and gone but the deep rooted corruption in the system remains
In April 2016, I moved in to my current apartment. The apartment was still connected to an old meter and there was an outstanding payment of about N385,000.00 to be paid.

This wasn't revealed to me before I made payment for the rent, as usual (that's how they all do)
This became a worry and an absolute headache.

I asked the landlord why it was so and she made me understand that the apartment was not in use for 5years.

I asked how come it wasn't reported to NEPA so they'd stop the billing, she gave me a copy of the letter she wrote to them
So I took the matter up, wrote several mails to Eko electricity company and the matter was on for 11months, note that in the space of this 11 months, I never got a monthly bill lesser than 24,000.00

You want to ask if I have a factory in my apartment? No I don't.
So it extended from wanting the company to zerorize the ridiculous outstanding balance in the billing account to fighting and contesting the outrageous billing system which do not in any way represent my true electricity consumption and wanting a Prepaid Meter

The battle began.
After several exchange of mails betweens myself and Eko Electric and no solution was forthcoming, I moved the matter to NERC, the regulatory body for all electricity distribution companies in Nigeria.

I filed a petition against Ekedp and the undertaking in charge of my area.
Lo and behold, after three days from the petition submission to NERC, I got a call from the marketing manager for my area pleading for me to make myself available to allow them come to my house and take inventory of the electrical appliances I use.

NERC is working yeah? Right.
A staff of the Ekedp came to take the inventory and at the end of the computations, we calculated and multiplied each appliance by the estimated units they consume per day and multiplied by 31days.

Recall I said I never got a bill less than 24k in a month?
Then we arrived at a figure that even the Eko electric staff who came to take the inventory opened his mouth and couldn't close it.

What I should be billed based on having 24hour light per day(which is not even possible) in 31 days was 4,800.00

I almost ran mad.
I took a copy of the report, scanned it and attached it to my next petition to NERC.

At this point, the marketing manager attached to my undertaking had started calling and begging me to stop the petitions.

That they could all get sacked if matters gets escalated further.
Then in September 2017, after all the troubles and how I never got tired if pursuing the issue, I got a mail from Eko electricity to come with some required documents in order to fill a form for a PREPAID METER.

I went there and did as they requested

At Last.
On 27 November 2017, I was on leave.
I was at my gate then this Alfa looking guy was parading and trying to see house number on the fence. My instinct told me to ask if he was asking for Ayo, then he said yes

He was the prepaid meter installer, he was with my new prepaid meter
I also recall that before the whole issue started, I was discouraged severally that I can never be given prepaid meter due to the outstanding balance on the billing account, I paid no mind to all the people that said that and went ahead with my case.
I got the Prepaid meter for FREE. After a week, bill was brought and boom, outstanding balance has been cleared from 385,000.00 to zero balance.

How did I achieve this?
I mean I didn't pay a dime to anyone and I never for once bribed my way in all my dealings.
I achieved this simply because;

1. I knew my right.
2. I wouldn't settle for mediocrity
3. I never stopped pushing even after several months and it seemed unachievable
4. I was ready to take the matter up anywhere
5. I was informed.
Now imagine how many people are out there who don't even know how to go about such tedious and draining process.

I learnt that a lot of people even paid as much as 40k to get the prepaid meter. Something that's supposed to be free.
Since the prepaid meter was installed in November 27 2017, I have not exhausted the 303 units that came with it which is calculated to be 7,200.00

And I still have 140units left to use.

That's over four (4) months now
Do you now see why these people will never allow dream of every homes having a prepaid meter become a reality?

Because such development will block all holes where the electricity distribution corrupt members of staff perpetrate their fraudulent activities and corruption from.
They know that they will be forced to give light more in order to generate revenue and will not be able to charge people outrageously as they are currently doing and remitting the proceeds of their criminal act to their pockets.

Stand up and Fight for what is your right.
Prepaid meter is your right, fight for it to the latter.

If you believe that your monthly electricity bill do not represent your consumption, make a case.

If you're in Lagos, Ikeja Electricity company and Eko electricity company are there for you.

If they fail, involve NERC.
That will be all, for now.
Due to popular demand, these are the email addresses you can forward your complaints to -
Ikeja Electricity Distribution - customercare@ikejaelectric.com
Eko Electricity Distribution - customercare@ekedp.com
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission - complaints@nerc.gov.ng

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ObservantFellow:
Kudos OP.. That was how I was involved in raising awareness about the #750 service charge on prepaid meters which ensured that every prepaid meter was remitting #12,000 yearly whether it is in use or not. It was eventually scrapped.
Thanks for this enlightening experience. From this, I surely have some advice for people who have such problems.

airsaylongcon:


Scrapped you say? It hasn't! I will like to know what exactly you did that made you stop paying

nairalandtruthr:
Copied. May be helpful

A thread on why PREPAID METER being distributed TO ALL may never be achieved in Nigeria.
After the Nigerian Police, Nigerian Electricity distribution companies are next on the list when it comes to corruption. This has been in existence from time immemorial, just like barracks, many government have come and gone but the deep rooted corruption in the system remains
In April 2016, I moved in to my current apartment. The apartment was still connected to an old meter and there was an outstanding payment of about N385,000.00 to be paid.

This wasn't revealed to me before I made payment for the rent, as usual (that's how they all do)
This became a worry and an absolute headache.

I asked the landlord why it was so and she made me understand that the apartment was not in use for 5years.

I asked how come it wasn't reported to NEPA so they'd stop the billing, she gave me a copy of the letter she wrote to them
So I took the matter up, wrote several mails to Eko electricity company and the matter was on for 11months, note that in the space of this 11 months, I never got a monthly bill lesser than 24,000.00

You want to ask if I have a factory in my apartment? No I don't.
So it extended from wanting the company to zerorize the ridiculous outstanding balance in the billing account to fighting and contesting the outrageous billing system which do not in any way represent my true electricity consumption and wanting a Prepaid Meter

The battle began.
After several exchange of mails betweens myself and Eko Electric and no solution was forthcoming, I moved the matter to NERC, the regulatory body for all electricity distribution companies in Nigeria.

I filed a petition against Ekedp and the undertaking in charge of my area.
Lo and behold, after three days from the petition submission to NERC, I got a call from the marketing manager for my area pleading for me to make myself available to allow them come to my house and take inventory of the electrical appliances I use.

NERC is working yeah? Right.
A staff of the Ekedp came to take the inventory and at the end of the computations, we calculated and multiplied each appliance by the estimated units they consume per day and multiplied by 31days.

Recall I said I never got a bill less than 24k in a month?
Then we arrived at a figure that even the Eko electric staff who came to take the inventory opened his mouth and couldn't close it.

What I should be billed based on having 24hour light per day(which is not even possible) in 31 days was 4,800.00

I almost ran mad.
I took a copy of the report, scanned it and attached it to my next petition to NERC.

At this point, the marketing manager attached to my undertaking had started calling and begging me to stop the petitions.

That they could all get sacked if matters gets escalated further.
Then in September 2017, after all the troubles and how I never got tired if pursuing the issue, I got a mail from Eko electricity to come with some required documents in order to fill a form for a PREPAID METER.

I went there and did as they requested

At Last.
On 27 November 2017, I was on leave.
I was at my gate then this Alfa looking guy was parading and trying to see house number on the fence. My instinct told me to ask if he was asking for Ayo, then he said yes

He was the prepaid meter installer, he was with my new prepaid meter
I also recall that before the whole issue started, I was discouraged severally that I can never be given prepaid meter due to the outstanding balance on the billing account, I paid no mind to all the people that said that and went ahead with my case.
I got the Prepaid meter for FREE. After a week, bill was brought and boom, outstanding balance has been cleared from 385,000.00 to zero balance.

How did I achieve this?
I mean I didn't pay a dime to anyone and I never for once bribed my way in all my dealings.
I achieved this simply because;

1. I knew my right.
2. I wouldn't settle for mediocrity
3. I never stopped pushing even after several months and it seemed unachievable
4. I was ready to take the matter up anywhere
5. I was informed.
Now imagine how many people are out there who don't even know how to go about such tedious and draining process.

I learnt that a lot of people even paid as much as 40k to get the prepaid meter. Something that's supposed to be free.
Since the prepaid meter was installed in November 27 2017, I have not exhausted the 303 units that came with it which is calculated to be 7,200.00

And I still have 140units left to use.

That's over four (4) months now
Do you now see why these people will never allow dream of every homes having a prepaid meter become a reality?

Because such development will block all holes where the electricity distribution corrupt members of staff perpetrate their fraudulent activities and corruption from.
They know that they will be forced to give light more in order to generate revenue and will not be able to charge people outrageously as they are currently doing and remitting the proceeds of their criminal act to their pockets.

Stand up and Fight for what is your right.
Prepaid meter is your right, fight for it to the latter.

If you believe that your monthly electricity bill do not represent your consumption, make a case.

If you're in Lagos, Ikeja Electricity company and Eko electricity company are there for you.

If they fail, involve NERC.
That will be all, for now.
Due to popular demand, these are the email addresses you can forward your complaints to -
Ikeja Electricity Distribution - customercare@ikejaelectric.com
Eko Electricity Distribution - customercare@ekedp.com
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission - complaints@nerc.gov.ng

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ObservantFellow:


Uhh.. Not so sure what you mean but I was referring to the #750 paid monthly apart from your recharge. So that if you last recharged in January, before recharging in May, Say you got a PHCN token of #4,000 ,you would pay #3000 as service charge and only the remaining Sum of #1000 would be used to credit Units to you meter. That #750 was the monthly charge and I actively promoted a campaign against this quite useless charge. This was not singlehandedly of course and that charge was scrapped.

airsaylongcon:


That ₦750 has not been scrapped as far as I know o. Still pay it when I have to top up

airsaylongcon:


That ₦750 has not been scrapped as far as I know o. Still pay it when I have to top up

airsaylongcon:


That ₦750 has not been scrapped as far as I know o. Still pay it when I have to top up

achiever12:


No wonder many Nigerian youths still remain idiots.

Information that can free them from stupidity, they always find such too long to read. Bunch of empty idiots.

peacettw:
Same thing happened to us. Our power supply was nothing to write home about for months and to worsen matters, some hoodlums raided our transformers and stole the cables. Again, our transformer was load shedded much more than others. It was all pretty frustrating. My hubby didn't want to rustle anyone's feathers but at that point I couldn't care less.

Called first but on getting a few condescending replies, wrote to NERC in Abuja. The rest they say is history.

The cables of the 2 transformers in my street that was stolen was replaced for free in less than a week. The power supply also improved remarkably to almost 4 days uninterrupted light, something I have never seen in my lifetime. Of course they corrected the load shedding anomaly. The network manager was instructed from powers above to apologise to me for causing me grief. Please note that at no point did I visit anyone in any office. All I did was call and send emails.

Although the power supply has dropped, we still enjoy at least 15 to 18 hours power supply daily. My quality of life has improved remarkably too. The condescending replies stopped. I was no longer seen as an irritant. All future inquiries was answered respectfully and with a yes Ma at the end. Any missed calls returned.

Told a few of my colleagues about this and their issues were resolved remarkably too. In this country, we are truly the ones that limit ourselves.

airsaylongcon:


That ₦750 has not been scrapped as far as I know o. Still pay it when I have to top up

Samusu:
Wow, op I admire yhur courage. Am gonna save this page for future reference.
Thanks alot


Cc; lalasticlala, Seun and Mynd44.

This the type of enlightening topics that are suppose to be on front page not one useless bbnaija kinikonkinikon


Op, manage this one eh, e no plenty abeg

Kaxmytex:

Yep, you are right bro....many Nigerian youths are idiots..

Information that is supposed to be passed in salient point are inconspicuously turned to another version of lamentation of Jeremiah..

The most stupid ones among them find it difficult to comprehend a factual statement of lengthy text, before you say seun osewa, they equate it to laziness and difficulty in reading within there shallow minds.

selfemployed:
I guess Nigeria is the way it is today because we the citizens don't stand up to our rights.

We don't even know our rights, hence we get intimidated and submit to our oppressors

waldigit:


We are the only one who can free ourselves from the oppression. The source of oppression and corruption is from the state. But the ultimate power belong to the people. I think the foundation of Nigeria is of oppression and corruption, but it takes determined people will to uproot it, we that is if we are determined.

achiever12:


Even with half a brain, one can see the simplicity of that message from miles off. But fools and dead brain idiots, who would rather see difficulties in everything, would rather make stupid excuse for their mental laziness and stupidity

Jabioro:
That is lovely Op..at my area,around 2011 the fools gave me a monthly bill 16k to 23k,l have accumulated 270k plus,as God would save me from ikj menace the prepaid meter was install in August free of charged,today are l spent btw 3.5 to 4k ..

Kaxmytex:



Can you imagine bro, they keep seeing difficuties in everything o... Simple and short statement.. . They would interprete it otherwise with dere 0byte malfunctioning brain cell..
The guy was factual enough o.... I would love to see the interpretation they would give to "that shii was short" some other time.

One cannot even post in peace again, u will see them venting there generational exasperation on you as if you ask all this federal universities not to give them admission for a medical course..

And instead of them to say sorry for not minding there business and misinterpretation, there next plan is to crack something up with the fully filled saw-dust wey dem pack put inside one useless box wey dem tag head..

Make Baba God jux dey save us

Oktane:


I have a prepaid meter and I should be rejoicing but I am not. Incidentally I live in a 4 bedrooms house and my monthly prepaid expenditure averages about 20,000 monthly and I am not running a factory. It's a purely residential property. I became more concerned when I noticed that my neighbours without functional prepaid meters are being billed about 7-8k monthly as estimated consumption. It used to be higher than this until they took Ikeja Electric to court and seeing how serious they were they opted for an out of court settlement and reduced the billing by 50%.
Question is; could my prepaid meters be malfunctioning?

achiever12:


You are right. And if you look deeply, you will clearly see how truly useless their lives are.

And do you know how to spot fools? They are brainless enough to check people's profile before they comment. Won't you say that's outright stupidity. A clear sign of cluelessness and inferiority complex.

Kaxmytex:


One expression for them, "e pain am"

Just like a zombie, they keep comming at you.
You dont have to go after dem always, to show seniority, you find them a cure coz they are helpless..