Disco says Kogi electricity customers owe over ₦22bn
The Regional manager stressed that regular payment of electricity bills and outstanding debt would lead to improved electricity supply for customers to enjoy.
A power official works on an electric pole along a street in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye
Recommended articles
![The Nigerian Senate [Facebook]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'100'%20height%3D'100'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "The Nigerian Senate [Facebook]")
The Regional Manager, AEDC, Danladi Baba, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lokoja.
According to him, the customers as whole is owing AEDC over N22 billion worth of debt, and every month we add value to our debt.
He said the state government alone was owing N483 million as at April 2023, while other debts were from private individuals, companies and other customers.
ADVERTISEMENT
“For the past four months in Kogi, we import energy of nothing less than N1 billion but we hardly get N500 million in average every month from our customers.
“The highest we have gotten in a month is N543 million and sometimes it dropped below N500 million.
“We encourage our customers to pay their electricity supply debt to avoid the AEDC from being disconnected from the National Grid,” Baba said.
The Regional manager stressed that regular payment of electricity bills and outstanding debt would lead to improved electricity supply for customers to enjoy.
He explained that some Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos), who could not fulfill the obligation of the market, were recently disconnected by Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) from the National Grid.
ADVERTISEMENT
This, he said was because of their inability to pay for what they imported as energy.
“The obligation of the market is that you must meet up with the payment for the energy that you are taking.
“Thank God the AEDC is not part of those Discos that were disconnected, and that is why we are appealing to our customers to pay up their accumulated bills.
“If care is not taken the disconnection by TCN from the grid can affect AEDC also,” Baba said.
He, however noted that the drop in the electricity supply in March and April was due to the shortfall in the allocation given to them by TCN from the National Grid.
ADVERTISEMENT
“We can only dispense to our customers what is being allocated to us. We hope for improvement in the allocation very soon.
“But if you compared Kogi to other AEDC Regions as well as other Discos in terms of Megawatts intake, Kogi has improved electricity supply than Nasarawa and even part of FCT.
“The improvement has started from the beginning of this month of May, and we will continue to improve.
“As from May, almost all our Feeders take 16 hours supply of electricity till this moment, while customers on Band A get over 20 hours supply daily,” Baba said.
He noted that Prepaid Meters were available through only one access window called, “Meter Access Provider (MAP)” where customers pay with their money and get the meters unlike before when they were doing Mass Metering giving it out free of charge.
ADVERTISEMENT
According to him, a single phase meter goes for N63,100, while that of double phase is N118,000 aside the managing director categories, which is N500,000 and above depending on the rating.
He, gave the assurance that the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are in collaborative efforts to provide over 100 million Prepaid meters to customers free of charge.
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.ng
Recommended articles
Nigerian Army hands over rescued Chibok girl, 3 children to Borno govt
Rivers crisis: Wike under fire for allegedly violating Tinubu's order
Pro-democratic group reacts to Jumbo's emergence as Rivers speaker
Nigerians condemn content creator’s ‘24-hour buried alive challenge’
Senate approves death penalty for drug traffickers
Ondo assembly warns petroleum marketers against fuel hoarding, price hikes
Rivers crisis: Fresh twist as APC group disagrees with Gov Fubara's impeachment call
Reps urge Tinubu to pay withheld salaries of ASUU, NASU, ensure full payment
Lagos Govt retrieves ₦478.13m, 18 properties from fraudulent agents in 4 years
Pulse Sports
There's Only One Winner - Arsenal's Bukayo Saka gives verdict on Nigerian and British food, namechecks Burna Boy
Onome Ebi: Super Falcons captain put curves on display to celebrate 41st birthday
‘You can't find another Osimhen in Europe’ — Former Juventus and AC Milan star warns Napoli can not replace Nigerian striker
DAVID AND VICTORIA BECKHAM: How the global soccer superstar and the Spice Girl-turned-fashion designer make and spend their millions
Chelsea set to offer Romelu Lukaku and cash for Super Eagles star Victor Osimhen
Mikel Obi: Super Eagles legend goes viral speaking Hausa
ADVERTISEMENT
![Akwa-Ibom Governor Umo Eno [The Guardian Nigeria]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'300'%20height%3D'172'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Akwa-Ibom Governor Umo Eno [The Guardian Nigeria]")