The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Correspondents' Chapel of Bayelsa State has portrayed the assessed charging arrangement of the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) as a sham.
It in this way approached the administration of PHEDC to promptly start the supply of prepaid meters to customers.The proclamation was going ahead the heels of various grumblings by buyers in Yenagoa on the asserted wastefulness in the framework.
Refering to the instance of excessive month to month assessed bill of between N5, 000 and N6, 000 at its sanctuary secretariat along Toolda street, Ekeki, Yenagoa, the Chairman of the Correspondent's Chapel and Secretary, Kola Oredipe and Chris Eze, said PHEDC bill was ridiculously high.
They blamed the state of mind of the PHEDC authorities who were constantly restless to disengage debtors.According to the union, "Now and again in July this year, the workplace was detached and we chose not to pay for two months. At that point we depended on option control source, particularly as the PHEDC control supply was sporadic.
"Amazingly, notwithstanding, power bills were brought for the two-month time frame that the workplace was without open power. When we went to the PHEDC Business Office in Yenagoa, we were informed that we should have advised them that we would not utilize their hotspot for that period. We were stunned, since PHEDC should have a record of houses or structures disengaged.
"Their announcement additionally affirmed the wastefulness in PHEDC when the Correspondent's Chapel office was separated on Thursday, December 8, 2016 in spite of the way that we have cleared the present bill and some portion of exceptional as coordinated.
"When we met with the Yenagoa Business Manager on December 12, 2016 to whine that the workplace was wrongly separated, he offered his statement of regret and guided a senior officer to guarantee quick reconnection."
"One entire week passed without reconnection regardless of an update call to the Business Manager on December 14, 2016. This was obviously absence of harshness. We do trust that the workplace won't be charged for power not expended from the December 8, 2016.
The NUJ approached the state government to shield the nationals from progressing coercion for the sake of mass charging, evaluated charging, unjustified disengagement, badgering of clients and charging of a house that has been detached.
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