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The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, has cried out that the utility company supplying electricity to his quarters raised his bill from N2.7m in March to N29m in April.

Hamzat said the DisCo also frustrated his efforts to get metered despite paying for a prepaid meter.

The deputy governor said this Monday at a roundtable held in Victoria Island between the REA and the Lagos State Government.

The REA and Lagos State Government were in Lagos to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the electrification of rural communities in Lagos.


Hamzat, who represented Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the event, decried what he called ‘crazy billing’.

“People that are trying to survive, and the common denominator for them is power. They don’t have power. There are billing challenges. In fact I’m a very good example.

“Last month, in my house, or the state house that I live in, the bill was N2.7m last month. This month, Eko DisCo sent us a bill of 29m. I sent it to the Commissioner for Energy. It’s crazy. I actually procured a meter. I bought a meter to say, ’Look, don’t give estimated billin’g. I bought the meter, but to convert it is wahala,” he lamented.


He narrated how a consumer in the Coker Aguda area of the state was charged N2.8m when his rent is N2m.

“There’s a place called Coker Aguda in Surulere, and people came to me, and I was asking them to calm down. A man’s rent in a year is about N2m; they gave him a bill of N2.8m for electricity. How can the bill be more than the man’s rent for a year? Those are the challenges that we have.

“Our people are suffering because of estimated billing,” he stated.

Hamzat commended the Commissioner for Energy, Biodun Ogunleye, for facilitating the deal with the Rural Electrification Agency to solarise rural communities in Lagos.

Speaking, Ogunleye said Lagos has launched into a partnership with REA to enhance a whole new set of opportunities.

“Opportunities for those who never thought in their lifetime they would experience or live within an environment where there will be a constant and stable supply of electricity.

“I am delighted that I know that REA has been to a number of other states, but when you are not in Lagos, you’re not yet there,” he said.


TheThe Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu, said some communities have been identified to benefit from the rural electrification programme.

He maintained that the agency will need the approval of the Lagos State Government to build an 8-megawatt capacity floating solar plant at the University of Lagos.

https://punchng.com/disco-hiked-my-bill-from-n2-7m-to-n29m-lagos-deputy-gov/

This can't be true that a whole deputy governor is finding it hard to get metered ?

iwaeda:
The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, has cried out that the utility company supplying electricity to his quarters raised his bill from N2.7m in March to N29m in April.

Hamzat said the DisCo also frustrated his efforts to get metered despite paying for a prepaid meter.

The deputy governor said this Monday at a roundtable held in Victoria Island between the REA and the Lagos State Government.

The REA and Lagos State Government were in Lagos to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the electrification of rural communities in Lagos.



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Hamzat, who represented Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the event, decried what he called ‘crazy billing’.

“People that are trying to survive, and the common denominator for them is power. They don’t have power. There are billing challenges. In fact I’m a very good example.

“Last month, in my house, or the state house that I live in, the bill was N2.7m last month. This month, Eko DisCo sent us a bill of 29m. I sent it to the Commissioner for Energy. It’s crazy. I actually procured a meter. I bought a meter to say, ’Look, don’t give estimated billin’g. I bought the meter, but to convert it is wahala,” he lamented.


He narrated how a consumer in the Coker Aguda area of the state was charged N2.8m when his rent is N2m.


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“There’s a place called Coker Aguda in Surulere, and people came to me, and I was asking them to calm down. A man’s rent in a year is about N2m; they gave him a bill of N2.8m for electricity. How can the bill be more than the man’s rent for a year? Those are the challenges that we have.

“Our people are suffering because of estimated billing,” he stated.

Hamzat commended the Commissioner for Energy, Biodun Ogunleye, for facilitating the deal with the Rural Electrification Agency to solarise rural communities in Lagos.

Speaking, Ogunleye said Lagos has launched into a partnership with REA to enhance a whole new set of opportunities.

“Opportunities for those who never thought in their lifetime they would experience or live within an environment where there will be a constant and stable supply of electricity.

“I am delighted that I know that REA has been to a number of other states, but when you are not in Lagos, you’re not yet there,” he said.


TheThe Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu, said some communities have been identified to benefit from the rural electrification programme.

He maintained that the agency will need the approval of the Lagos State Government to build an 8-megawatt capacity floating solar plant at the University of Lagos.

https://punchng.com/disco-hiked-my-bill-from-n2-7m-to-n29m-lagos-deputy-gov/

just 5k a month for electricity 🔌 in egbin ijede ikorodu

I'm a prepaid meter tho

I don't know where they charge people 10-20 million naira for electricity 🔌

A whole Deputy Governor of the highest IGR can't afford and avoiding to pay his phcn bill. How are they expecting minimum wage people to pay.

You are on Band A,

You are not the one that will pay it now

Prepaid meters have been rolling out since around 2018, what have you been doing since then that you couldn't apply for one?

U dey get light or not

If yes, please pay

Who tell you he can't pay?

iwaeda:
A whole Deputy Governor of the highest IGR can't avoid to pay his phcn bill. How are they expecting minimum wage people to pay.

The same people abusing PDP and Jonathan then ooo..

Fashola even said a responsible government will solve power problem within six months

omowolewa:
You are on Band A,

Nah, they moved him to Band AAA 🤣

Y crying like a baby... they bought this upon us. They should always ask themselves how the masses survive.

You danced too much to the Disco music, that's why.

So you too can feel the heat, not so?
This is what the ordinary man feels that he complains and you people in power will give excuses to justify your wickedness. A man earning 70k minimum wage paying 20k electricity bill, where will he get money to cover basic expenses like rent, school fees, feeding, transportation, etc. This wickedness is too much and will never go unpunished.

It Is Fixed. Tinubu Is OTP. One Term President.

E touch una... Shebi na una wey be government approve their charges.

All sectors in Nigeria have been bastardized. There is no place you would go without being extorted. It's so saddening and embarrassing that a religious country would be involved in stuff like that.



I want to leave this country because I don't want to start behaving like you guys, I am the one who would like to keep my mind clean.

What I have observed is that, with time, you would be behaving like them if you don't japa. Take a look at our country today! Everyone is going insane already.

omowolewa:
You are on Band A,

Pray they don't move you from whichever band u are to band A cos they actually can.

i have been on a meter matter for over a year. if everyone is metered disco revenue will drop. that is my take on the matter.

If a whole deputy gov can be frustrated about getting metered,imagine what the common man is going through!

Lol mak Dem go cut him light....

As it you are paying from your own pocket


Nonsense

Good one

THAT IS GOOD FOR YOU...AS YOU NAH SOLD THE DISCOS TO THE LOOTERS LIKE YOU.
YOU ALL MUST REAP THE RESULT OF YOUR LOOTINGS

50 liters of diesel everyday at #1200 is
50 x 1200 x 30 = #1.8 M .

He should get a soundproof gen or and solar.

Oga abeg pay from billions of embezzlement

Nigeria my country the more you look the less you see. The kind of spell, witchcraft 🥺 and mind boggling voodooism this phed guys are using on Nigerians needs to be studied as a course in tertiary institutions. When we are ready to say no to this reap off it will stop.

Alaskans:
Oga abeg pay from billions of embezzlement

did you know you can get arrest for this

Hehehe.

Must he use electricity?

He should try candle.

The story of estimated billing. The worst conduit for fleecing the people.
Cumulatively, we haven't had power for up to 24 hours this year yet we must pay for darkness!
My bill too has been increased!

Madridguy, helineus and TimeManager view are different from this. This deputy might be Obidient to them