The people of Umueledi autonomous community in old Umuahia, Umuahia South LGA, Abia State have protested against what they call crazy billing by officials of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) by tying palm fronds to a coffin, ABN TV reports.

Members of the community who besieged the Umuahia zonal office of the company also dumped the coffin at the gate of the electricity distribution company, preventing staff from gaining entrance into the premises.

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Speaking with ABN TV on Tuesday, one of the protesters who gave his name as Onyemaechi Stanley said they can no longer cope with the outrageous billing where each household receives a bill of about N35,000 without commensurate supply.

While maintaining that the minimum wage is less than the bill they are being served, they wondered the yardstick with which EEDC arrived at the amount served them monthly.

According to Mr. Stanley, the community had made a payment amounting to N700,000 which he said the EEDC officers are not considering.

The community vowed that they are not ready to remove the coffin until EEDC yields to their demand of reducing the bills or providing them with meters to ascertain their consumption.

Source: https://abntv.com.ng/2021/03/abia-community-protests-with-coffin-over-outrageous-eedc-billing-photos-video/

Death to the terrorist.

naso
but I thought they are all billionaires

Lol they can just go burn the company

It becoming too much

You people should look for alternative source of energy, if all of Una contribute start solar farm or wind farm or gas turbine you will not need eedc and their crazy bills

Honestly I was listening to ppl comments as regards this Electricity billing of a thing some even complain of losing thier tariff even as they are not making use of electricity as if power holding program the whole crdt to vanish once it reach a specific time.


The various agency that are set up to madiate between consumers and power companies should be active to their duty

Bury it rather, cruise.

This is even fair compared to the outrageous
Estimated bills our Disco is billing us.

Infact ehnn..if we are to protest like they are doing in Abia state, then we would carry a full mortuary and dump in front of their office.

Ipob republic with unusual behaviour be like nairaland and booking of space. Jega you are compromise. Emeka you are a state man and u ought to behave like one. I rest my case online Republicans.

I thought Igbos have millions of billionaires all over the world

nero2face:
Truth be told, if Nigeria split today, I bet u won't believe how the SE will develop, no be to get richest Dangote from Kano or former President Obasanjo from Ogun, the Igbos have thousands and millions of billionaires mostly abroad and these men will come back with full force to make their place a place to be as soon as this shit hole country is no more...mark my words

I guess they don't wanna pay for electricity

poseidon12:


Yes Igbos have millions of billionaires all over the world but they don't want to be throwing their money away like your tribe. They don't want to end up poor like your tribe.

The joke's on you lol
You fell for the trap
Even the US doesn't have millions of billionaires
Even the world doesn't have millions of billionaires
Why are Igbos so stupid and lie a lot??

Is this what will be happening in the online republic??

Those stuff don’t scare the people in authority. I wonder where they gather their mind from .

triple996:
naso
but I thought they are all billionaires

Yes of course. To be a billionaire, you must be smart too. They have displayed their smartness.

you pay 35k you're crying while I pay 87k last month

This is commendable! Nigerian is a crazy place to be acting normal, what does it take to meter the people? We bought meter you said the calibration is not right, We paid you, you refuse to supply. What is the definition of crazy again? With just a single 150watt panel, you can have enough power to attend to your basic daily power needs. I sell portable inverter and battery for laptop, Tv fan and phones. You have to consider alternative source of power, We have failed to push our weight as a consumer in Nigeria and these people are all taking us for a ride!

See my own, 44k
Very bleeped up country, I barely stay home.

They don't want to pay? Those yet to be metered in my area pay 40,000 naira estimated billing monthly.

If you don't know the real situation of Nigeria, you will keep talking "Nigeria is great", Buhari is working(by ass), be patriotic till you drop death.


Each time, i ask my parent, they narrate to me how crazy light bills are yet the way light is distributed has not changed in the last 10 years.

Are you telling me the government is not aware?

.Is this not financial crime?Where is that stupid EFCC ?Some people will just sit in one corner given out crazy bills to the citizens without no electricity and nothing is being done.Which YAHOO PASS THIS WAN?God punish all of you.

BilkisAjibadd:
It becoming too much last night they gave my boyfriend 1.5m billing at his small apartment on the island

You're the one using microwave, iron, and running ac 24hrs.
Most ladies no sabi manage, my own gf fit leave ac on travel sef.

Na wa oh

Prepaid meters don finish?

OP, please get your facts right.
Umueledi isn't an Autonmous community. It is one of the seven villages (Umuezeala, Umuobutu, Umuecheogwù, Umueledi, Umuovo, Amuzuta and Okwù) that make up Old Umuahia Autonomous Community.

As for the protest, I only hope the EEDC does the needful in this case.

triple996:
naso but I thought they are all billionaires

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