Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, has said that Eko DisCo frustrated his efforts to utilise the prepaid meter he procured thereby inexplicably increased his residence electricity bill from N2.7m in March to N29 million in April.
Hamzat, stated this during a roundtable discussion between the Rural Electrification Agency, REA, and the Lagos State Government in Victoria Island, Lagos, recently.
The Dep.Governor, who represented Governor of Lagos, State , Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the event, decried what he called “crazy bills” from DisCos.
“Last month, in my house, or the state house that I live in, the bill was N2.7 million last month. This month, Eko DisCo sent us a bill of N29 million”, he said.
He went on to say that “I sent it (electricity bill) to the commissioner for energy. It’s crazy. I actually procured a meter. I bought a metre to say, ‘Look, don’t give me estimated billing’. I bought the meter, but to convert it is wahala”.
According to him, “Our people are suffering because of estimated billing”.