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Good one.

NoToPile:
Been following this from your first post, I salute your tenacity.

That is their aim, how on earth will you consume electricity worth of over 150k in about 6 weeks you moved in despite the fact that you have been disconnected for about 4 out of the 6 weeks abi is it not 7th of April you moved in again. They are billing you for march via April bill when you moved in April.

Fight it to the last ooo, if you need to drag them on SM please do, copy whoever you need to copy , they will claim you owe the 150k and want you to have a paymement plan.

Ikeja electric is notorious for crazy billing, next time when you open the account, they should place it on dormant since you have not connected light/ moved in that's what I did at my mums place in ikorodu the marketer even called to know the specific house, she wanted to know if we connected light so as to receive bill, told her outrightly wire is not connected she should go and confirm ,we didn't even hang the wire on the pole till they brought the prepaid before they even brought it nko under MAP another wahala.



Yeye pipo

Thank you so much, I appreciate.
You just pointed out the mistake I did initially putting the account on DORMANT. I didn't know something like that is possible, The marketer only told me to hold on till when I want to move in before opening account as it will start reading because of he knew what they wanted to do he said I should not process the flat not yet completed.
I was thinking he was doing me a Favour and still gave him some cash to help with the account opening
I have also complained on FCCPC website but yet to get a response from them.
I noticed that most people you tag on SM sometimes they won't help give publicity because someone is not a celeb. I already tag some online but yet to see any of them retweet it.

with the way it is the house rent I ran away from is now far cheaper than electricity bill and don't know where in the world that happens.

I was thinking Lalasticlala will help to also give publicity but not gotten any attention from them.

nice one,
Baba need to secure the future.

Lagos a place where IKEDC has made electricity bill more than house rent or how do you explain a bill of NGN 151,353 in 2 months for a 2 bedroom apartment.
How much is rent of the building that you are bringing this exaggerated bill for 2 months.
The place is residential and doesn't have any commercial activities in it.
see my story

https://www.nairaland.com/6516871/ikedc-fradulent-overbilling-scam-activities#101054639

Most times GOD win battles for us that we are never aware of but we still blame him for our situation.

Lagos a place where IKEDC has made electricity bill more than house rent or how do you explain a bill of NGN 151,353 in 2 months for a 2 bedroom apartment.
How much is rent of the building that you are bringing this exaggerated bill for 2 months.
The place is residential and doesn't have any commercial activities in it.
see my story

https://www.nairaland.com/6516871/ikedc-fradulent-overbilling-scam-activities#101054639

I got my pre-paid meter installer earlier this week before the holidays through (Make I no talk)
but still sent another mail to IKEDC on the outstanding bill of N151,353. I didn't get a response from them.
They purposely want to put debit on the prepaid meter so that they can generate money from it but I will try my best to have it reduce to normal bill.

What is the world turning into, crises everywhere.

No one is perfect, even tongue and teeth fight.

Lagos a place where IKEDC has made electricity bill more than house rent or how do you explain a bill of NGN 151,353 in 2 months for a 2 bedroom apartment.
How much is rent of the building that you are bringing this exaggerated bill for 2 months.
The place is residential and doesn't have any commercial activities in it.
see my story

https://www.nairaland.com/6516871/ikedc-fradulent-overbilling-scam-activities#101054639

After sending another series of mail to IKEDC and they promised the below.

Please be informed that the account number 0101650571 has been scheduled for suspension in this month’s bill maintenance.

Be rest assured that necessary action will be put in place to facilitate a review of the account once suspension has been effected.

They brought April bill of NGN 77,686.34 after disconnecting my light since 19th April 2021.
Are we supposed to pay for darkness, am sure they are doing this because the regulatory body doesn't punish them for their atrocities.
It is either they are bribing the regulatory bodies or the regulatory bodies don't have action.
A new 2 bedroom flat without A.C installed and disconnection done for close to a month now you have billed NGN 151,353.19
for you to know this people are scam, how is it possible to use same no of units (1878 units) in March that I was there for 3 weeks and April that you have disconnected the house since 19th of April.
Mind you I am the that still but pole and low tension (4 wires) to get to my house so what are they charging for.

oga lalastclala , I know this is not a snake thread but please help to put a stop to this. this platform is our voice which we can use to fight our right.

cc Seun

everything cuppy comes to FP but when important things relate to nairalanders no body cares because they are not popular.

IKEDC bringing a bill of N73k to a new 2 bedroom apartment without an a.c in it.
The place is residential and doesn't have any commercial activities in it.
see my story

https://www.nairaland.com/6516871/ikedc-fradulent-overbilling-scam-activities#101054639

Another day gone and IKEDC is yet to review my huge exaggerated bill.
Truly in Nigeria nothing like consumer protection and that is why the companies do whatever they like.

I keeping sending mail to IKEDC but the only response is that it is been worked upon by the department incharge. I don't see any update on my account and still not gotten disconnection notice.

sgtponzihater1:
Where do we go from here then. Will things ever change?

That is why I don't blame people for relocating from here.
Nobody will fight for you and that is why business owners do as they like since nobody cares about you,
the mods lalasticlala and OAM4J, Mynd44 can help to give necessary attention by moving to FP which can aid publicity.

sgtponzihater1:
Where do we go from here then. Will things ever change?

That is why I don't blame people for relocating from here.
Nobody will fight for you and that is why business owners do as they like since nobody cares about you,
the mods lalastclala and OAM4J, Mynd44 can help to give necessary attention by moving to FP which can aid publicity.

wirinet:
Laws in Nigeria are not worth the paper they are written with. Who will prosecute the case, who will judge the case - Nigerian judges? Who will enforce the jdgement, assuming you get a favourable judgement - Nigerian police?
Every institution is a law unto itself. NERC and other government regulatory bodies including the CBN are collaborators in scamming and exploiting the ordinary citizens. The armed robbery by the banks in the guise of banking is a whole new episode of its own.

Nigerians should start thinking of self sufficiency and forget we have a government. Provide your own security, provide your own power, provide your own water, you even need to provide your own roads.

This is true talk.
you provide everything by yourself and you are make to pay heavily for it.

The CCTV footage never showed Baba Ijesha defiling her, but he confessed to touching her body indecently and apologised, and the girl confirmed the same.

Hope this is also punishable by law

IKEDC bringing a bill of N73k to a new 2 bedroom apartment without an a.c in it.
The place is residential and doesn't have any commercial activities in it.
see my story

https://www.nairaland.com/6516871/ikedc-fradulent-overbilling-scam-activities#101054639

GOD please bless my hustle so that they will not use another personality to reference me when people want to talk about me or mention my name.

After speaking with my family legal team concerning the bill I wrote another mail to IKEDC requesting for disconnection notice since it was not dropped the initial time and was also not sent to me by mail.
My legal team also said the disconnection is against as defined in section 5(1B) and section 10(1D) of the Act (NIGERIA ELECTRICITY REGULATION COMMISSION CONNECTION AND DISCONNECTION PROCEDURES FOR ELECTRICITY SERVICES, 2007). available on https://www.ikejaelectric.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/CONNECTION-AND-DISCONNECTION-PROCEDURES-FOR-ELECTRICITY-SERVICES-2007..pdf .

5. (1) A Distribution Company may only disconnect supply to a Customer’s address when the Customer has not paid
the amount correctly billed for that supply address by the relevant payment date;
PROVIDED that –
(a) Payment date is clearly shown on the bill ;
(b) Payment date is at least 10 working days from the date of delivery of the bill to the supply address or a
delivery address provided by the Customer, which is acceptable to the Distribution Company :
(c) Payment date has not been superseded by a subsequent payment date issued to the same Customer for
the same supply address ;
(d) Period between the payment date and the date of disconnection is not less than 3 months ;
(e) Distribution Company has verified from its records that the bill has not been paid ; and
(f) Distribution Company has given the Customer a written warning that the electricity supply shall be
disconnected if payment is not made by the payment date and the warning contains ;
(i) The date of its delivery to the supply address or any other address provided by the customer
“and”
(ii) A telephone number and or address acceptable to the Distribution Company where the
customer request assistance for paying the outstanding bill.

10. (1) A Distribution Company shall not disconnect a Customer’s supply of electricity for non-payment where;
Culled from NERC Website
(a) The Customer has paid the amount billed ; or
(b) The Customer has entered into a payment arrangement with the Distribution Company and payments are
being made in accordance with that arrangement ; or
(c) The amount owed by the Customer is less than the value of his one month’s usage ; or
(d) The Customer has made a complaint concerning the unpaid bill in accordance with the Commission’s
Customer Complaints Procedure, and the complaint remains unresolved ; or
(e) The Customer has applied for assistance from the Power Consumer Assistance Fund or some other
Customer welfare mechanism recognized by the Commission, and a decision on the application has not
been made ; or
(f) The only charge which the Customer has not paid is charge other than for the sale of energy, such as
meter maintenance charge.

The disconnection was done in less than 7 working days and we are yet to reach a conclusion based on the thread on this email. all I keep getting is that it has been forwarded to the necessary authority without any outcome for the past 16 days.

is she not your kingdom? enjoy your kingship in peace.

IKEDC bringing a bill of N73k to a new 2 bedroom apartment without an a.c in it.
The place is residential and doesn't have any commercial activities in it.
see my story

https://www.nairaland.com/6516871/ikedc-fradulent-overbilling-scam-activities#101054639

sgtponzihater1:
The painful thing is that a decade ago we all contributed in the estate to buy transformer and all the related wiring. Today my retired parent get a bill of over 45k which is nearly more than their monthly pension. When people insult the whites I lol. Transport and health care for the elderly is free, council task is subsidized or free, and power and water cost are reduced.

But as black men we treat ourselves worse than even our leaders do.

The other day a neighbour blocked the estate passage, and would not open his gate to adjust his vehicle despite all the knocking to adjust his vehicle. The vehicle owner had to use the bush, and got her tire totally damaged. This neighbor spends his time insulting the government. Another put canopy in the middle of a passage without prior notice or permission to celebrate his daughter getting married. No one could leave the estate with a car, and had to use public transport. It's almost all chaos in Naija

This topic should be on front page. While we are not in power, our collective voices can be heard

Before I do encourage people to stay in the country but with the recent development in the last 3-4 years if I also get the opportunity to move out of the country legally , I will do that with my family without second thought.
we are only after our selfish interest and don't care about other people.

EgunMogaji2:
You’re still speaking English to them I think.

You can get a meter. Just talk to the security staff for a hookup. The security man knows the company better than the CEO.

sir,
please help if you have an plug in IKEDC getting meter.

Teewhy2:
The mod ( Mynd44, OAM4J LAWYER LALASTICLALA ) should help this nairalander resolve and fight against this indiscriminate bill by giving this post the necessary publicity.

Everything shouldn't be snake or celebrity I believe this thread is also educative.
OP I know this platform help people to fight against oppression and corruption, kindly let us know how you resolve this issue when it is finally resolved

Thanks for calling the Mod on my behalf I appreciate. lalasticlala mynd44 ,please help push to the front page to get necessary attention.


Yes I already have a smaller solar system installed before moving in and it has been really helpful since I am off grid but the problem is that not everyone can will have solar installed in their home due to finances or other issues.

femijay8271:
First of all...I give thanks to God Almighty. Same thing we did here, me and d other tenant contributed money to the CDA & bought some things to connect the light.

I pity my wife and my lil baby then because at that time, d heat wey dey no b here but now, na me dey beg my lil baby on behalf of our tv...they fit watch d TV for 24hrs none stop.

what am I saying...if u have the money, abeg do d necessary things for your family instead of waiting for the gunverment

femijay8271:
Hello Mr, make I share this small story with you concerning this electricity matter.
Sometimes around February 2019, I moved from Lagos to Magboro at Ogun state due to my padi wey dey the area but before I moved in, he already told me how the electricity things be for the area.
Then, this is how they rotate light, 9am to 5pm(On) and before the 5pm reach, Dem don take ham till the next day evening, meaning from 5pm till the next day 5pm before they go bring ham back.
I tell my padi say no wahala unto say he just buy one new gen for him 2bedroom apartment believing that I will be using his Gen whenever I needed it.

NOTE:- The apartment wey I wan rent no get light but the agent wey dey in charge promise me say them go use my money do ham at least in the next month. I say no wahala. And then, I was into Blogging thinking it will be done as been said but my BLODER...hmmmm...
One month pass, two months pass, tiri months pass till my blogging things wey I dey thing say I go start to dey see money Summersault and collapse.

One year pass, no light for our building wey be say na the house you go first see before you enter my street, and the funny thing be say, na the building dey for junction. kai, and wife dey for three months belle.

see enh, I no fit talk wetin my eyes see for my wife hand, my mama and my in-laws them for dis light mata and still, my landlord con die last year 2020 uptop.

ALL the money wey I invest for my blog just go like that simply because of the unstable electricity wey will get for this country.
no money, no shishi again till and after my wife give birth.
there was a certain time wey be say d light con spoil pa-ta-pa-ta wey con make my friend run comot go Ikorodu as money for fuel no con dey again.

HA...GOD ALMIGHTY, I BLESS YOU OO.
NA so God Almighty bless me with one big blessing. First thing, I go buy Solar/inverter dey use that one dey power all my gadgets, my 43"Hisense TV , follow come standing fan and 2 bulbs and extra 2 with my Decoder for 24/7 for my lil kid. I later con join ham with one big gen just for AC, iron, cooker and pumping machine.

see if I tell u say na Me and one other tenant con later drop some money to do the light wey that house con later get.
After wey I don dey enjoy my solar/inverter for the pass 8months now.(But na God Almighty help us for that one)

see enh, now my area light don worst pass before, Dem go bring ham for 10 hours and take ham for good 48hrs, meaning 10hrs on and 48hrs off.

2 cut d Tori short...GO BUY SOLAR/INVERTER And have ur Gen wey u go dey use pump water only.
believe me, I only used my gen 10times just in 8months for 1hrs each maximum.

I use beebee jump for the solar/inverter

Na your wife I pity most in that pregnancy situation. I bought the electricity pole and cables myself and still getting this huge bill with all that.

obonujoker:
Sometimes one would wonder if Nigeria is cursed or something ..... Upon the churches in Nigeria yet no change

same here ooooh, people, government and companies just want to push their responsibilities to any where they see.

dam4sam:
Do everything to get a Prepaid Meter, even if you have to buy it.
That is your best solution.

I have tried that even paying for it but was told that everything is now under federal government mass meter.
I will prefer to pay if that is the best solution.

Need your contribution on this fraudulent overbilling by IKEDC, must stop.

how can you bring a bill of N73k to a new 2 bedroom apartment without an a.c in it.
The place is residential and doesn't have any commercial activities in it.

https://www.nairaland.com/6516871/ikedc-fradulent-overbilling-scam-activities#101054639

At NERC office, I was informed to wait for 15 working days and that if I didn't reach a reasonable conclusion within that period I can write to them and address to the chairman just as detailed in the attached.
I was told to do 3 copies and bring along when coming, I asked how long the process do take and they said it might take 2 months or more to resolve the issue am counting days since my first mail to IKEDC is since 12/04/1 and all I get from them in each mail is that they are working on it and that they will get back to them. even after asking for disconnection note which shows electricity to my place was disconnected 19/04/21

converting yabatech to university story has been for almost 15 years.
when will it be done should be the main thing.

if they don't respond to celebrity on time, how will they respond to ordinary citizen concern on time.

That same Monday 19/04/2021, after the disconnection I sent IKEDC an email coping Ikeja forum of NERC through email ikejaforum@nerc.gov.ng they are the ones in charge of activities concerning IKEDC. I informed them of the disconnection carried out in my premises and attached pictures of the disconnection, I also informed them about the unsafe condition in which the cables they dropped in the compound is causing.
Normally IKEDC customer representatives respond within 24 hours but I didn’t get a response from them within the 24 hours, so I went to the office of IKEJA FORUM of NERC at Novel House, Plot 3, Block J, Otunda Jobifele Way Alausa CDA, to make enquiry about how to report a case like this since I didn’t get a response from IKEDC.

You can get to know the NERC forum that controls your DISCO at the below link.
https://nerc.gov.ng/index.php/contact/forum-offices/358-ikeja-forum-office
They are the second point of contact after you have contacted the customer care of your DISCO and you didn’t get a favorable response.
Why doing all these I opened a case file on the website of the federal consumer protection agency to also make an official report since they oversee protecting consumers in Nigeria.
www.fccpc.gov.ng

Perfecttouchade:
ikeja DC charge my old folks with 28k per month and these are old folks that doesn't use the power on a regular and several complaints were made for a long time but nothing was done till they brought the prepaid, now the funniest part is that , u can't recharge on the prepaid meter until about 3weekz of installation and they expect every customer to consume the follow come watts of 100 for 3weeks before token is been given so that one can recharge, who does that ? E get as e be for Naija o

yes oooh, senior citizens that are meant to be taking care off are made to struggle to enjoy basic needs of life.

I would have to live in with a friend of his and wife who has apprentices already

will this be easy for months.

Perfecttouchade:
Na their way

How can we stop this way they keep taking advantage of people, if we don't talk nobody will talk for us.
The government said they should give prepaid meter, it is either them or the government itself are not sincere with the prepaid that is why they keep putting bottle neck in getting prepaid.
They will fraudulently inflate your account so that when you get the prepaid they keep milking you for the next 2-3 months.