By Amos Tauna
Consumers of electricity have staged a rally in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, Tuesday protesting the outrageous bill issued for the month of March by the electricity company.
They also condemned the epileptic power supply by Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC), despite complaints to the Electric company.
A letter signed by Comrade Abdullahi on behalf of Concern People of Doka, Kaduna North local government area to the Managing Director, Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company with the title, ‘Demand Answers for Doubled Electric Bills and Insufficient Supply of Electricity, ‘ noted that several hundreds of electric bills under the KEDCO within Doka community and beyond have doubled or tripled in the last month of March, 2017.
“There has not been any reason or information given by KEDCO on the high cost of electricity. We found out that our bills have dramatically increased, ” the letter reads.
The letter written to the Kaduna Electric and coppied the Kaduna State government and other security agents further said, “People in our community cannot afford these kinds of bills. Most jobs around us only pay a meagre amount meaning the rates of services and goods will go up at the business centres. This will kill our community growth and at large brings underdevelopment to the entire nation.
“We are appealing to the authority concern to look into this outrageous increase of electricity bills and come to our aid for the betterment og our community.”
The increase in electricity bill in the month of March has become a thing of great concern to consumers in Kaduna and other towns.
The head of communication, Kaduna Electric, Alhaji Abdulazeez Abdullahi, who addressed the consumers assured that consumers should not entertain fears, pointing out that there was no increase in tariff, hence there is no cause of alarm.
He assured that the recent increment would be taken care of in the subsequent months.
