Blue3k:


Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/233653-electricity-regulator-nerc-directs-nigerians-without-prepaid-meters-to-stop-paying-bills.html

with this move, there certainly will be power because the motive of earning billions of naira monthly through estimated billings will stop and they will have to work for more power generation to make earns meet

nurex01:
I'm just wondering about it.

It might suppress it but I believe the agitation will continue.

bornaking:
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has reminded electricity consumers not provided with prepared meters by March 1 to stop paying electric bills presented by Distribution Companies (DISCOs) on the basis of estimated billing methodology.
The commission also ordered the DISCOs not to disconnect any such customer that refuses to pay the bills and further advised such customers to report to the commission if disconnected.
NERC gave the directive on Wednesday in a statement on its website and said it was part of its sanctioning of defaulting DISCOs who failed to provide meters for its customers before the March 1 deadline.
In line with its mandate of protecting the rights of customers, NERC had in June 2016 after consultation with the operators, directed DISCOs to conclude metering of all customers before November 30, 2016.
According to NERC, the commission at the expiration of that notice, granted three months moratorium which expired on March 1, to enable the DISCOs effectively execute the metering deployment plan for MD customers.
According to the statement, the sanction was sequel to the expiration of the initial directives by NERC and the moratorium period given to DISCOs to meter consumers.
The statement reads in part:
“A directive was issued to distribution companies by the Commission in June 2016 for all MD customers to be metered by 30 November 2016.
“The Commission received appeals on compliance deadline from distribution companies prior to the expiration of the 30 November 2016 deadline. The deadline was extended to 1 March 2017 after consideration of appeals received from distribution companies.
“Upon due consideration of facts above and the expiration of the compliance deadline granted to distribution companies on the metering of MD customers; the Commission hereby directs as follows –
“1. Any MD customer that was not metered by 1 March 2017 shall not pay any electricity bill presented by a distribution company on the basis of estimated billing methodology and these customers are advised to report this to the Commission.
“2. No distribution company shall disconnect any MD customer that was not metered by 1 March 2017 on the basis of the customer’s refusal to pay a bill issued after the compliance deadline on the basis of estimated billing methodology.
“3. Any MD customer that was not metered by 1 March 2017 should notify the Commission directly.


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If this thing fit work ehn...as in eh..

All I can say is divide this country in two. North and South.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has reminded electricity consumers not provided with prepared meters by March 1 to stop paying electric bills presented by Distribution Companies (DISCOs) on the basis of estimated billing methodology.
The commission also ordered the DISCOs not to disconnect any such customer that refuses to pay the bills and further advised such customers to report to the commission if disconnected.
NERC gave the directive on Wednesday in a statement on its website and said it was part of its sanctioning of defaulting DISCOs who failed to provide meters for its customers before the March 1 deadline.
In line with its mandate of protecting the rights of customers, NERC had in June 2016 after consultation with the operators, directed DISCOs to conclude metering of all customers before November 30, 2016.
According to NERC, the commission at the expiration of that notice, granted three months moratorium which expired on March 1, to enable the DISCOs effectively execute the metering deployment plan for MD customers.
According to the statement, the sanction was sequel to the expiration of the initial directives by NERC and the moratorium period given to DISCOs to meter consumers.
The statement reads in part:
“A directive was issued to distribution companies by the Commission in June 2016 for all MD customers to be metered by 30 November 2016.
“The Commission received appeals on compliance deadline from distribution companies prior to the expiration of the 30 November 2016 deadline. The deadline was extended to 1 March 2017 after consideration of appeals received from distribution companies.
“Upon due consideration of facts above and the expiration of the compliance deadline granted to distribution companies on the metering of MD customers; the Commission hereby directs as follows –
“1. Any MD customer that was not metered by 1 March 2017 shall not pay any electricity bill presented by a distribution company on the basis of estimated billing methodology and these customers are advised to report this to the Commission.
“2. No distribution company shall disconnect any MD customer that was not metered by 1 March 2017 on the basis of the customer’s refusal to pay a bill issued after the compliance deadline on the basis of estimated billing methodology.
“3. Any MD customer that was not metered by 1 March 2017 should notify the Commission directly.


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maureensylvia:
am Igbo

am anti Biafra

The he goat NNAMDI KANU is a scam who must have been paid heavily to whine mouth anyhow, u all know when war starts which we don't pray for he will fly out leaving his ipob

lemme ask y will Dia ever b unity when in Igbo we have IPOB, MASSOB, OGHANEZE NDI IGBO, lolz everybody wan chop national cake.

we Igbo's in north are against ipob!!!


nobody should ever tell us to come back home cos we have made enough investments here which eventually if we come back will be eaten by gullible Igbos

don't b surprise that those telling us to come back home are those depending on us for feeding. I tire ooo

I believe Dis ultimatum will b resolved before 1st October

I stand with ONE NIGERIA

Come let me ask you something . Have you ever experienced any crisis in north against Ibos? or religion crisis?
I sorry for you.smh

Cooly100:
The Deputy Leader of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Elder Paul Unongo has said that Professor Ango Abdullahi is on his own in backing ignorant youths.

Unongo said Northern Elders Forum could not have adopted position of ignorant youths, who were not there when Nigeria lost three million of its citizens to the civil war they fought for keep the country as one united nation.

According to Unongo, “I am the Deputy Leader of the Northern Elders Forum and Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Sule is the leader. So, only the two of us can speak for the forum on sensitive matter like this. Therefore, if Professor Ango Abdullahi is backing those ignorant youths, then he is speaking for himself.

“We cannot support the nonsense those boys said. We fought civil war with our blood to keep Nigeria one. So, any Nigerian can live in any part of the country he feels like. Igbos are welcome in the North, they are welcome in Yoruba land and my own village in Tiv land and they have right to pursue their daily bread and own property.

“We couldn’t have killed three million people to keep Nigeria one and come back and allow these kids (the Northern Youth Groups) to insult our intelligence. We knew why we fought the war, we knew why we killed the people we loved. We knew why we made the sacrifice of three million men dead. So, Northern Elders Forum cannot take same position as those young men, if at all they took a position.

“So, if the young men cannot build a nation, they should not destroy the one we put our lives on the line to build for them. We cannot allow young men who did not fight the civil war with us to destroy our country, because Nigeria cannot afford another civil war,” he said.

http://thenationonlineng.net/ango-abdullahi-northern-elders-forum

Still no one has been declared arrested or persecuted for their utterances.
Hausa cannot be arrested by hausas for the crime they do to other tribes....meaning if they don't arrest them now don't expect thesame govt to arrest them on October 1 when the crisis begins.

LionDeLeo:
Long overdue.

Magu, chase these thieving bastards even to their grandmother's graves, Nigerians are strongly behind you.

Sons of dogs barking all over the places are nothing but nonentities who can't do more than dead rats.

Nigeria is not and has never been serious in fighting corruption. Who has ever been convicted?
The polity is corrupt itself and lack the mandate to fight corruption. set the polity right and corruption will be fought automatically without even sealing buildings to show off.

Please bring back our NEPA

The present power distribution companies are the worst ever in Nigeria.....

From BEDC to IKDC...to the rest of them scattered across the nation.
I have never experienced shortage of power ever like this since I was born.
I do not need to ask how people are fairing in various part of the country because I was in Lagos not quite long, right now I'm in Benin. it's the worse I have ever experienced.
Sometimes I wonder why they're even working and to what extent? Infact please bring back our NEPA.

cc: lalasticlala

NLPsychologist:
Can some Nigerian please go their and kick the combined A$$es of Ghana, Senegal and who ever goes there

Smart organisers, now they are the FIFA to a Jollof world cup

if Naija no win...d tin fit cause commotion o.

lifestyle and entertainment television network, BTV , has initiated a competition that is elevating the recent controversy around jollof rice to a new level.
The Brand Television Network did this on Friday when it unveiled the African Jollof Rice Challenge.
According to the company, the project is a continental, lifestyle and entertainment taste tour and cooking contest that seeks to discover the country that has the best jollof rice in Africa.
The star prize is $5000, which is expected to be given on August 22, at the grand finale that will coincide with the World Jollof Rice Day.
On the rationale behind it, the Executive Producer at Btv, Felix King, said the argument on jollof rice had inspired social network and street conversations across Africa, especially among West African countries, where jollof Rice is most popular.
He said, “There is no official position yet on which country has the best jollof rice in Africa, hence, the Btv desires to unravel the mystery through this contest. None of the perspectives has proved convincing, despite Nigeria’s strong claims to the African cuisine. The different viewpoints on the streets have only generated more controversies and continuous placement of different points to back up individual claims.”
The jollof rice argument erupted when the Minister of Information, Tourism and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, was quoted as noting in an interview that the Senegalese jollof rice tasted better than Nigeria’s.
King, however, noted that the programme would celebrate the best of Africa in terms of its arts and culture.
“ Btv is a content generation and production organisation. It is a general entertainment and lifestyle audio-visual production and live theatre organisation that generates and showcases reality programmes, live drama, musicals, TV and radio shows with the philosophy that everything is a brand,” he added.
Another Executive Producer at Btv , Ororo Pattaya, explained that the challenge would start with an online recipe contest, where the best contestants would be selected for the live screening and then the grand finale.

Source: Punch

http://www.informationng.com/2017/06/btv-unveils-5000-africa-jollof-rice-challenge.html

Peter Obi

odogwubiafra:
Too late for all these abracadabra. Buhari have failed in all ramification to keep this country together.

We have crossed the Rubicon in the IPOB movement. We are tired of staying together in error. Take everything we have worked together for, let us GO. The North have refused to grow, and have prevented us from growing. Right now, we want to grow on our own. .

Shut up and allow person ear word.
You people are agitating you are being marginalised. They are beginning to bring development your way you are still complaining.
Nigeria will forever remain one. All I support is agitation when you feel oppressed. I supported Naija delta Avengers whole heartedly simply because they were agitating for the right cause.

this massob whatever should just shut up already.

chymes0359:

If na Nnamdi Kanu some people like DSS will be shining their teeth like lizard..

so what this people did is not a treasonable offence? its such a pity were everyone stands when it comes to northerners.
I remember how they(dss) tried to arrest Apostle Suleman for the comment he made.concerning herdsmen.

dgeniusdeen:
U hausa / Fulani call for one Nigeria, whereas u are d only one who enjoys d best infrastructure, d best of everything, u are even d one ruling. As for me o, I prefer w e all go our separate way and am a Yoruba boy and I hate hausas/Fulani with passion because they killed my two of my uncles.

Which infrastructure? those people are slaves to those actually enjoying it which are politicians, their religious leaders and few businessmen like Dangote and the rest.

IDEKEALUMONA:
The division is more on nairaland than anywhere else. There millions of good Hausas, yorubas, Igbos, Ijaws etc. Good people are everywhere, bad ones are everywhere too. Let's join hand to fight our common enemies irrespective of tribe.

The kidnappers, robbers, murderers,terrorists,ritualists and politicians are our common enemies. let's join hands together with love and fight them and make Nigeria a good place for all.
Let's the hatred cease.

Love,peace and unity is what we need.

I never knew there are still sensible people like you here on nairaland broda.
I was thinking nairaland would soon be hijacked by all this jobless people spitting nonsense about biafra and Afonja.
Well I got to know that Seun,mynnd, lalasticlala and the rest of them are making money from it and thereby not monitoring the comments about hatred thrown on this platform.
Wether anybody likes it or not Nigeria will forever remain one.
When the Ibos act sinsitive enough to fight for thier right and not for an unforeseen nation, then they would be taken seriously.

APCsupporter:


that your friend must be a liar. we have no reason to hate Yoruba Muslims or even Christians. stop using the actions of thugs to judge everyone. some of our mosques have Yoruba imams and they preach to us.

Yeah in a great deed. I wish a lot of hausas are as educated even as little as you are. The act if their act of crises would not have relevant. They would have been acting base om intelligence and not zooligence..

whitebeard:
no serious, I talk true nah because if they do it send the Igbo's packing it like arewa republic vs Nigeria and we would win

unlike arewa republic vs biafrans

whitebeard:
Why should they, I mean it a land(north) that has a high level of illiteracy, if the FG respond to them, they I can conclude that the FG contains a good number of illiterates.

but you wicked o. let apcmember catch you.

The federal government has yet to respond to the threats from arewa youths.

The beauty of the story is that they were still together even after 30 years.

With the way Nigeria politics is being played and the continuous agitation of the IBos for biafra. what I once believed will not come true might just.

starchris:
@officialEFCC

and the efcc reply?

were is the efcc Twitter handle saying it?

APCsupporter:


shut up what of you that kill babies in the name of witchcraft and burn people for stealing rice? aren't you barbaric animals too? what have you people not said? go to facebook and see what your animalistic ipoop members are saying about the Hausa and Yoruba.

hollup hollup... I'm not Ipob you understand. I no know say Hausa sabi speak English....gud job. well that is what I knw about hausas hmm no let am vex u. but it's true....u guys shud tk it easy with the Ipob people hmm. at least allow them sell their properties.

EvilMetahuman:
Okay



Ffk must be high on his usual dosage of cow dung.
When is he gonna realize that igbos have no friends in nigeria anymore? Who is gonna join whom?

He is making the same political mistake he made before 2015 by allowing himself get bought over by pdp when its obvious they are gonna lose.


By the way, to the flat heads who will start shouting betrayer again because south or anybody else didn't join their stupidity.

This is to state for the record;

We are not friends. We do not have any agreement to join you when sheit hits the fan.
Don't come back here and wail about anybody betraying you when hausas start using your flat heads for suya again because you have decided to die in the north than go back to your gully erosion.

The Ibos really have no friends in Nigeria. they are alone. The way the yorubas hate ehn...and even south south for claiming them among biafra. who again self?

reptile1:
Three months is far. They shud make it next month let's see if a Hausa man has too heads.

if a Hausa man has two heads in the north?
a place full of illiterates barbarians that do whatever their religious and political stool tell them to do.
Those guys are blood tasty animals. they do not care what people say.
They only know go they don't know come.

Develpeast:


I wish it disintegrates because from my sojourn to many parts of this country, I found out that we do not think alike and the mindset of development is different for the different ethnic groups.

The north design their development the way the middle east designs their development while the southerners designs theirs differently. If we have different outlook to life, we will always have problems because to the northerners, corruption is the major problem while to the easterners, enabling environment is ours.

So if we do not get the enabling environment to showcase our capabilities, then we will continue to be stunted.

Nigeria was never met to be.
It just was never net to be. The separation between entities is just too adverse.
Everybody better be prepared for whatever comes their way.