The Senate is set to investigate the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) over alleged fraudulent billing of electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory.
Senator Dino Melaye, who raised the matter at plenary on Tuesday, said the AEDC has been perpetrating the alleged scam though estimated billing system.
Based on the information provided by Melaye through a “point of order,” the Senate resolved to discuss the billing system of all electricity distribution companies in the country.
The senator narrated how the AEDC officials came to his residence and changed his prepaid meter to a new one, which they later came to remove three weeks after.
He said the company also placed his house on the estimated billing system, describing the act as “very astronomical and unfair.”
Melaye wondered how ordinary Nigerians could afford to pay such astronomical bills if privileged individuals are finding it difficult to pay.
“If me that is a privileged Nigerian is undergoing this pain and agonising over the astronomical bills, what do we say about the man in Aguileri or the young palm wine tapper in Otuoke.
“We must speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. We must discuss this issue of estimated billing by all distribution companies in Nigeria,” the senator added.
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu who presided over plenary, placed the complaint on record, saying the matter would be discussed on Wednesday’s plenary.
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