hpaje: It's so annoying that most people don't even know their rights since NEPA/PHCN became a private owned entity. People are still of the mindset that when the transformer spoils, they should contribute and fix it; but that mindset should be washed away. If the Private company want to make money, let them fix it themselves. Apart from the MD (Maximum Demand) customers who have been mandated by NERC(Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission) not to pay their bills until they are metered, Do you know you can CONTEST AN ESTIMATED BILL with your DISCO? [flash=200,000] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYOB6PkF7gk[/flash]
In case you don't know your rights, here they are.
1. All new electricity connections must be done strictly based on metering before connection. That is, no new customer should be connected by a DisCo without a meter first being installed at the premises. 2. All customers have a right to electricity supply in a safe and reliable manner. 3. All customers have a right to a properly installed and functional meter. 4. All customers have a right to properly informed and educated on the electricity service. 5. All customers have a right to transparent electricity billing. 6. All Un-metered customers should be issued with electricity bills strictly based on NERC’s estimated billing methodology. 7. It is the customer’s right to be notified in writing ahead of disconnection of electricity service by the DisCo serving the customer in line with NERC’s guidelines. 8. All customers have a right to refund when over billed. 9. All customers have a right to file complaints and to the prompt investigation of complaints. 10. All complaints on electricity supply and other billing issues are to be sent to the nearest business unit of the DisCo serving the customer. 11. If a complaint is not satisfactorily addressed, customers have a right to escalate the issue to the NERC Forum Office within the coverage area of the DisCo. 12. Customers have the right to appeal the decision of the NERC Forum Office by writing a petition to the Commission. 13. It is the customer’s right to contest any electricity bill. 14. Any un-metered customer who is disputing his or her estimated bill has the right not to pay the disputed bill, but pay only the last undisputed bill as the contested bill go through the dispute resolution process of NERC. 15. It is not the responsibility of electricity customer or community to buy, replace or repair electricity transformers, poles and related equipment used in the supply of electricity.
Please do not allow people rob you of your hard earned money!!
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 ..
Do you have power 247? Why you paying so much for electricity? I pay about half of that per month currently.
Adieza: 1. The Netherlands is 22 times smaller than Nigeria. 2. They have 17 million people living there. 3. There are 6 states in Nigeria bigger than the Netherlands and Niger state is almost double in size. That small the country is.
4. They feed themselves, and last year exported over $90 billion worth of food. 5. That is about 3 times Nigeria oil revenue. Funny enough, black people used to think agriculture was their thing since they didn't produce any technology.
Many people don't realize how sorry our situation is. Before, there was no money. But today there is so much money out there that we cannot even use the money available in the world to develop Nigeria. You don't really need government money these days to develop a country. The government just need to make life easy for people with money to come and use their money to develop the country. This is a very difficult notion for African leaders to understand.
Today, African governments are the biggest enemies of their own people.
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Are you not thinking or taking her back? She has not reached out to you for the past three months?
Pipedreams: Send her back to her parents house. This is the exact character of my estranged wife. She told me she hates me 3rice. So wats the point staying in a dead marriage? Calling inlaws is rubbish they will all gang up against you. If she can't calm down and respect you as the head, throw her to the garbage van. Trust me there are lots of good women willing and able to take her position. You sound like a honest and hardworking guy. I was once the nice husband that took every shit thrown at me till I snapped! I sent her packing and changed my location. She has been chillin with her rich parents for 3 months now. I have my peace and I am very happy bro. Marriage to nigerian ladies suck. Also marriage no be by force. If you can't settle ur differencies then you should part ways before we hear story that will grace front page. I also do not believe in seeing a marriage counsellor.
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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Thanks for this post. I've been buying the fake for a while now.
Ken4Christ: I do not agree. It will only limit looting but it will have no effect on the exchange rate. The countries you made references to didn't have a terrible economy like Nigeria does.
The major reason why out currency is low in values is because Nigeria is not a producing country. We import virtually everything.
If we want our currency value to appreciate, what we should do is;
1. Ensure all our refineries are working. It will save us lots of foreign exchange.
2. We need an industrial revolution.
3. We need to invest more in Agriculture.
4. Every local government chairman should be productive rather than administrative.
5. Corruption should be punished.
6. Our tax system should be made more effective.
7. Out railway should be developed to reduce cost of transportation of food items.
8. Our borders should be closed. If possible, fence the country round.
Export should exceed import if our currency must appreciate. After all these is done, then we can take away the high currency notes.
omokoladejames: Like what Ken4Christ said, even if the government stops printing higher denominations, that would not make the naira strong.
What can make the naira strong is if its purchasing power increases. There are more than one factor that increases the purchasing power of a currency but one of the major factors is increase in the productivity level of the country. In simple terms if the productivity level of a country increases, the demand for money will increase thereby causing prices within the country to fall and the purchasing power of the money to increase but this is only valid if the supply of money does not increase.
So even if the government removes 1000 naira from the system but they continue printing 100 naira like say na water, that would not stop the person in the market from charging 15,000 naira from me, it would only mean i would have to carry a lot of 100 naira with me.
But imagine if it becomes alot easier and more profitable to grow rice in Nigeria(by government initiative,technology etc), more people will growing rice, also if the price of the nylon that they use to package the rice reduces because of of increase in nylon manufacturing and also if the cost of transportation of the rice from the farm to the city is reduced because of reduction in fuel cost etc, eventually all this cost reduction will reduce the cost of a bag of rice in the market to lets say 4000 naira. Now if all other production of goods and services increase like this and the government stops printing money like say tomorrow no dey and also no one person is given monopoly over any particular industry,then generally the overall price of things will fall, which will you will need less money to buy things. If you dey use 500 naira to buy plate of rice before, because of the general fall in price that 50 naira wey no fit buy you better pomo before go fit buy you full plate now. Its value(Purchasing power) has increased, so you won't even need to carry around 1000 naira in your pocket because it will be too much thereby making the need for 1000 note obsolete.
In terms of the exchange rate of the currency , there are a lot of factors to consider like economic growth,political stability, debt level, interest rate etc. But i believe it all starts with economic growth as i tried to explain earlier because remember our modern currency has no value on its own, its value comes from how people much people trust it's government and its economy. Ghana's currency is better because investors ghana's economy to be better and alot stabler than ours. If not for the oil and other potentials wey we get, with all the rubbish wey our government dey do since, our currency suppose don worse pass Zimbabwe own sef. But we thank God.
So bros I believe first things first, we need to increase our productivity level to cater for our needs(which will reduce unnecessary excessive importation) and also for export.
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MaziOmenuko: Yes, u have a strong case. Head to an industrial court and file your case. You may not need the services of a lawyer if you can't afford one. This is a serious breach of contract; forget about the letter they are asking for, they gave you a valid appointment letter stating the conditions of engagement.
For the benefit of others reading:
When you get a new offer, resume immediately! Forget the one month in Lieu nonsense. There is provisions in the labor act for monitizing it. You return one month basic salary to them and move on. Maximum of one week notice is ideal if u are in a position where a comprehensive handover is required.
Another option is to get your annual leave and resume At the new place. Mail them towards the end of the leave and then take two days and return to them to formalise the exit.
I prefer a hard copy letter and keep a signed copy. If u must mail, then copy your own private mail.
Don't let those bastards get away with this. Sue their ars.e for the entire offer they gave u multiplied by 35 yrs u would have worked for them, include legal fees, inconvenience fee and 12% interest rate pending on when the case will be concluded. Industrial court don don't take that long.
nams77: I laughed hard when I saw your post. Many persons don't understand that banking is a risky business. A lady approached me a while ago. She wanted financing for an LPO. I told her the company that issued the LPO is not among companies and establishments we deal with. Not that the company is bad. I took her to a microfinance Bank to see a friend there. She was asked if she has any properties that is worth 24M? She said ah ah, she will do the supply and return the money na bla bla bla... I told her it doesn't work that way. Anything can happen to the company and they may not be able to pay for your supplied goods, so what happens to the bank (depositors) money The saving grace for entrepreneurs in America is that they have venture capitalists (firms) that sponsors ideas. That was the saving grace for most of this dot.com organizations in America
amicable09: True, however, things have changed. We've seen that some who even pledged collaterals back in those years offered non-realizable collateral. For instance, presenting third party collaterals and one village Igwe's palace and all. Those properties if push comes to shove and the bank is set to sell, trading it off becomes an issue.
These days banks are wiser and risk management is requesting for collateral cover of at least 140%. This way the disastrous effect if anything should go wrong would have been watered down a bit.
Thanks for sharing in our sentiment.
So then why does banks charge neck breaking interest rates about 25% when you take a loan from them? This is one major discouragement.
Statsocial: Poly you had to quote all that just to say this!
I see someone asking that Churches be taxed since they have plenty money. See you've gotten it all wrong, you can't tax churches successfully unless they agree to it. Living Faith UK remits nearly about 1 million pounds to Naija HQ I think every month out of 4 million pounds they receive-even UK govt must be alarmed lol
If you move to try and tax most of these churches they could move HQ to USA where Churches are tax exempted by law. And you would lose all the inflow of Cash coming towards churches like LFC, RCCG, Christ embassy in Nigeria. Do you know what that would do to the Nigerian economy if for example that about 1 million pounds from UK and others like UAE, US and over 60 countries are diverted to another Country or if the church moves her money from Nigerian banks to foreign ones. Some banks would just crash! RCCG has over 700 branches in UK and I am sure some of that money branches Nigeria too and that is why you would discover that the Nigerian recession did not affect these following churches LFC,RCCG, MFM, Deeperlife, Christ embassy because money is coming in different currencies from multiple countries at the same time. Same with Catholic Churches too they make so much money from US branches that it essentially pays the bill.
Just compare the Loyola Jesuit College built by New York Catholic faithfuls in Abuja to Catholic Universities like Veritas then you would understand that the real wealth lies in Western nations.
Living faith 2010 expenditure is three times the 2016 Igr of the entire South East, more than twice that of Ogun(I got this by multiplying LFC's monthly Tithe to RCCG, which is 1.5 billion x 12 x 10) but there is nothing you can do about it.
The financial strength of these Churches aren't from Nigerian Tithes and Offerings but their many branches in UK, Qatar, USA, Netherlands etc.. That is where the real cash comes from. So if you want to tax them you would need to persuade them to pay voluntarily. Don't even get me started with RCCG's wealth. By the way LFC still has over 16,000 employees so mehn these are Nation Churches! They've been growing intensively internationally!
Though Oyedepo says he is open to taxation as long as Mosques are taxed too. But we Christians shall never agree to it because taxation could easily kill off many Orthodox Churches.
Nigerians should look on the big bright side of this. According to BBC, Ota alone records 1 million dollars in transaction every Sunday due to LFC worshippers thronging Canaanland. What about the Universities? There is much foreign church money in it so in many ways the Churches are developing the Country
Lastly this project has nothing to do with Churches trying to save face from freeze lol. The permission to commence the Lafenwa - Ayobo road was granted in 2014 by Ogun Govt.
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