"Help! Crazy Nepa Bill In My New Apartment In Ibadan" - A Nairalander Cries Out
I got inspired to write and pursue this after reading this post here:
www.nairaland.com/4424406/how-customer-stood-ground-against/
Now to my story.
I moved to a new house in Ibadan in May, 2017. The building has 7 flats and I occupied one of the flats.
On moving in, the landlady told me that she already paid for 7 prepaid meters for each of the flats and they will be installing them as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, the transformer of my area was faulty from May till December 25th, 2017. It was eventually fixed by the community, not PHCN (NEPA).
Then, in February of 2018, the man who collected the money for the prepaid meter brought some Nepa bills for each of the flats saying that we need to pay #3000 each for "loss of revenue". This fee is to cover for the power we're consuming pending the time that our prepaid meter will be ready.
Also, we'll be paying #2000 monthly per flat while our prepaid meter is processing.
I said no. The others tenants also stood their ground.
This man then went to bring more officials to justify his actions. This time around, they added that they can remit the money for us.
This is a new house and it's obvious that they are not being truthful.
The receipt they gave us is not attached to any meter number. No A/C no. Nothing. Just a stamp that contains a name and phone number.
I see this as daylight robbery and corruption because it's obvious that they are deliberately delaying the prepaid meters for their selfish interest.
What steps can I take to correct this?
These guys are threatening to disconnect my power supply. I'm not bothered because I use a solar inverter to power my flat.
I just want to let these guys know that they are wrong. I want to take this up.
I've the phone numbers, email address, and address of IBEDC. What are the steps to take before I write a petition and start this long process.
www.nairaland.com/4424406/how-customer-stood-ground-against/
Now to my story.
I moved to a new house in Ibadan in May, 2017. The building has 7 flats and I occupied one of the flats.
On moving in, the landlady told me that she already paid for 7 prepaid meters for each of the flats and they will be installing them as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, the transformer of my area was faulty from May till December 25th, 2017. It was eventually fixed by the community, not PHCN (NEPA).
Then, in February of 2018, the man who collected the money for the prepaid meter brought some Nepa bills for each of the flats saying that we need to pay #3000 each for "loss of revenue". This fee is to cover for the power we're consuming pending the time that our prepaid meter will be ready.
Also, we'll be paying #2000 monthly per flat while our prepaid meter is processing.
I said no. The others tenants also stood their ground.
This man then went to bring more officials to justify his actions. This time around, they added that they can remit the money for us.
This is a new house and it's obvious that they are not being truthful.
The receipt they gave us is not attached to any meter number. No A/C no. Nothing. Just a stamp that contains a name and phone number.
I see this as daylight robbery and corruption because it's obvious that they are deliberately delaying the prepaid meters for their selfish interest.
What steps can I take to correct this?
These guys are threatening to disconnect my power supply. I'm not bothered because I use a solar inverter to power my flat.
I just want to let these guys know that they are wrong. I want to take this up.
I've the phone numbers, email address, and address of IBEDC. What are the steps to take before I write a petition and start this long process.
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