EEDC: S’East customers tackle Discos over outage, call for one-month boycott

Electricity consumers in the South-East geo-political zone of the country have threatened a one-month warning boycott to “remain in darkness,” to protest against incessant power outages, outrageous and estimated billings, extortions, as well as non-provision of pre-paid meters to consumers across the region.

South-East PUNCH findings showed that both commercial and economic activities have largely been paralysed due to incessant power outages across the region, which has therefore affected most shop owners and small scale enterprises, who now depend on running their businesses on diesel, while some who could not afford the cost of diesel have closed down their shops/businesses “temporarily,” pending when power situation improves.

This was just as residents across the region are also lamenting what they called “outrageous and irritative estimated electricity billing” in the midst of power outage from Enugu Electricity Distribution Company.

EEDC distributes electricity to South-East states such as Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Abia and Ebonyi. Punch