Don’t pay to apply for prepaid electricity meters – EEDC warns customers

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The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC, EEDC, has cautioned its customers against falling victim to any individual or group demanding money from them to process their electricity meter application. The Head of Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr.

Emeka Ezeh on Tuesday in a statement reacting to a claim circulating on social media aimed at defrauding its customers who are applying for meters. He stressed that EEDC does not charge customers for meter applications. The company said it has an online meter application infrastructure in place that allows customers to apply for prepaid meters and monitor their applications seamlessly. It noted that a situation where customers would be made to pay for meter applications is worrisome.

Okechukwu Christopher Obioha, requesting electricity customers who are applying for prepaid meters to submit their application form to the Association with a remittance of N5000 into a First Bank account as cost for “data and other logistics”. “We call on our customers not to allow themselves to be defrauded by paying for meter application as it is illegal, inapplicable and unnecessary.

 

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