The Coalition for Affordable and Regular Electricity (CARE) has asked electricity distribution companies in the country to without delay, compensate all customers who have been overbilled and shortchanged.
The group at a press conference in Ibadan on Tuesday, tasked distribution companies in the country to pay compensation to all consumers that have been underserved since the privatization of the electricity sector.
The group while decrying impunity by electricity distribution companies in the country and especially the IBEDC said Nigerians were tired of paying for darkness.
It called for the cancellation of all debts accumulated through previous fraudulent billings.
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The group also called for massive public investment in the power sector to guarantee uninterrupted power supply to all Nigerians including those that are yet to be connected to the national grid.
It demanded the immediate release of all consumers being held in police stations and correctional centres.
Convener and co-Convener of CARE, Comrades Shadrach Akinbodunshe and Ayodeji Adigun while addressing journalists asked the government to pay a living wage to electricity workers and workers in general.
They called attention to the need to provide life insurance policies for staff of electricity distribution companies who are regularly exposed to technical danger and mass anger in the course of their duties.
“We demand the immediate release of all consumers being held in police stations and correctional centres or being prosecuted on cases of avoidable clashes with DISCOs. Peaceful negotiation and resolution should be the way out.
“We demand life insurance policies for TCN, GENCO and DISCOs’ workers that are regularly exposed to technical danger and mass anger in the course of performing their dangerous duty.
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