The residents, numbering over 70, carried placards and protested the constant increase in electricity tariff at the premises of the AEDC in Lugbe, FCT. Emerenanim said that AEDC kept increasing their monthly estimated bills from N3, 000 up to as much as 80,000 for each apartment. “It is either they give us prepaid meter or they disconnect their light until when they can provide it; we are tired and the government said the meter is free,’’ Emerennanim said. “We bought the wires, the poles, paid the AEDC staff for the installations and still pay them for the maintenance. An official of the AEDC, Lugbe division, Mr Daniel Olwu, told NAN that the situation was pathetic, adding that there was nothing the zonal offices could do about the prepaid meter.

Source: The Guardian February 09, 2019 19:07 UTC