Irked
by what it called the outrageous billing and epileptic power supply,
among other inhuman acts against electricity consumers in the state, the
Enugu State House of Assembly on Friday asked the management of the
Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) to shut down its
operations and vacate the state.
The lawmakers also asked electricity
consumers in the state to stop further payment of over-bloated
electricity bills, while asking that a state of emergency be declared in
the activities of EEDC.
Other states in the South-east including
Abia, Anambra, Enugu and Imo were also asked to take drastic action
against the company by declaring state of emergency against them. They also ordered the chairman of the
company, Emeka Ofor, and the managing director to appear before its
six-man ad hoc committee to explain the company’s activites in the
state.
This came as hundreds of electricity
consumers in Enugu State early on Friday staged a protest to the House
of Assembly over incessant power outage, outrageous billing and alarming
tariff among other forms of alleged exploitative activities of the
EEDC.
More to follow…
Source: This Day
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