{"id":117412,"date":"2025-04-15T15:49:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T14:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=117412"},"modified":"2025-04-15T15:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T14:49:21","slug":"how-eko-disco-billed-me-n29m-in-april-lagos-deputy-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/how-eko-disco-billed-me-n29m-in-april-lagos-deputy-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"How Eko Disco Billed Me N29m in April \u2013 Lagos Deputy Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Daniel Adaji<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat says the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko Disco) issued him N29m bill for electricity consumption at his official residence in April \u2014 a 974 per cent jump from the N2.7m charged in March.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Hamzat, stated this during a roundtable between the Lagos State Government and the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) in Lagos on Monday, described the billing as part of the ongoing crisis of \u201ccrazy electricity bills\u201d plaguing ordinary Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cLast month, in my house \u2014 or the state house that I live in \u2014 the bill was N2.7m. This month, Eko DisCo sent us a bill of N29m,\u201d he lamented. \u201cI sent it to the commissioner for energy. It\u2019s crazy.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Even more frustrating, according to Hamzat, is the fact that he had already purchased a prepaid meter in a bid to avoid estimated billing, but the process of switching to the metered system has been fraught with delays.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI actually procured a meter but to convert it is wahala,\u201d he said, referring to the bureaucratic challenges in getting it activated.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Hamzat\u2019s testimony comes just days after the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) imposed a total fine of N628 million on eight DisCos \u2014 including Eko Disco \u2014 for breaching billing regulations and overcharging unmetered customers between July and September 2024.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Commission found that the affected DisCos violated the cap on estimated billing, which is supposed to reflect the average consumption of nearby metered users.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The regulatory clampdown and Hamzat\u2019s personal experience underscore widespread consumer dissatisfaction with the country&#8217;s electricity billing system.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cOur people are suffering because of estimated billing,\u201d the deputy governor stated, citing another case where a tenant in the Coker Aguda area of Surulere was charged N2.8m for electricity, even though his annual rent is just N2m.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cHow can the bill be more than the man\u2019s rent for a year? Those are the challenges that we have,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Representing Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the event, Hamzat applauded the ongoing efforts to improve electricity access in underserved communities, particularly the Lagos State\u2013REA partnership aimed at delivering stable power via solar systems.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He praised the Commissioner for Energy, Biodun Ogunleye, for his role in facilitating the deal: \u201cPeople that never thought they would ever enjoy stable electricity in their lifetime now have an opportunity,\u201d Ogunleye said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI am delighted that REA is working with Lagos \u2014 because when you are not in Lagos, you\u2019re not yet there,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, NERC has ordered that all customers who were overbilled during the affected period must receive credit adjustments by May 15, 2025.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Adaji The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat says the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko Disco) issued him N29m bill for electricity consumption at his official residence in&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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