Prepaid meters available for customers April ending -YEDC

The Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC), says the company was expecting delivery of 6,000 prepaid meters at the end of April.

Alhaji Aminu Aliyu, Regional Manager of the company in charge of Jalingo office gave the hint on Tuesday at the YEDC/Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Customer Sensitisation Engagement held in Jalingo.

Aliyu said that the metres had started arriving; assuring that the metres would be distributed to four states within its purview.

He listed the state to include Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Taraba.

According to him, Taraba would be receiving more than 1,000 metres upon their delivery.

He said that the metres would be distributed only to customers on the company’s list.

The regional manager advised customers not to allow illegal consumers to illegally tap electricity from them.

He explained that the supply cost would reflect on the consumption device, adding that the cost would be shared among the customers consuming from the same source.

He reiterated the determination of the company to supply electricity to customers with optimum satisfaction.

He commended the Taraba Government for its support to the operations of the distribution company.

Aliyu appealed to customers to be committed in paying their bills, noting that the funds were paid back to service providers.

He explained that the operations of the industry were being carried out in vicious circle; from distribution to transmission and to generation companies.

Earlier, Mr Blessing Urang, Legal Officer of the company said that the industry was the most regulated in Nigeria.

Urang said that their operations established customer protection services to protect the interest of customers.

He appealed to the public to reports their maters to the customer care departments for redress.

He also advised security operatives to apprehend any staff who claimed to work with the company and would not provide any mark of identification.

His Royal Highness, Abba Tukur, Galadima of Muri commended the company for improvement in power supply to the state, and requested provision for credit as telecommunication operators do.