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Residential Consumers Charge FG On Electricity Tariff Cut
Electricity consumers in
Port Harcourt have called on the federal government to extend the electricity tariff cut to residential consumers as done to industrial consumers.
Mr Clifford Akachikwu who spoke to The Tide yesterday in Port Harcourt, said residential consumers are victims of inhuman treatment in the hand of Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company PHED.
According to Akachukwu,” it is obvious that no logically reasonable criterion is used in determining what is being paid by electricity consumers in Port Harcourt.
“Imagine a situation where I enjoy supply for less than 25 hours monthly and I am forced to pay whatever bill PHED Presents . The Federal Government must be fair and prevail on the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to reduce the tariff for residential consumers.”
Another respondent, Maxi Nwachukwu Obi also demanded for reduction on the tariff for electricity consumers in the city.
He said, ‘for justice sake, we must have a yardstick determining what services rendered to us and we must pay in a way corresponding to that.”
Obi explained that meter is the determinant of the amount of electricity supplied enjoyed all over the world and wondered why ordinary meter cannot be freely provide for consumers and same consumers were made to pay whatever the electricity distribution company demands of consumers.
Speaking in same manner, Lilian Ukot, a resident of Ogbunabali said, “Nigeria has for decades remained a developing country because of the way the government and citizens operate their lives and would only be counted among developed nations if the country begins to apply or adopt internationally acceptable systems.
“How can you explain to a citizen in any advanced nation of the world that you don’t have meter and you are forced to pay for whatever power distribution company demands of you. I am ashamed of all these, especially when the system is interested on making the rich richer and the poor poorer, and the government feels comfortable at such abnormality, she said.
She appealed to NERC to take such shame away from the country and apply systems reasonable on international environment.
Kenya made it a clean sweep at the Berlin Marathon with Sabastian Sawe winning the men’s race and Rosemary Wanjiru triumphing in the women’s.
Sawe finished in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds to make it three wins in his first three marathons.
The 30-year-old, who was victorious at this year’s London Marathon, set a sizzling pace as he left the field behind and ran much of the race surrounded only by his pacesetters.
Japan’s Akasaki Akira came second after a powerful latter half of the race, finishing almost four minutes behind Sawe, while Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele followed in third.
“I did my best and I am happy for this performance,” said Sawe.
“I am so happy for this year. I felt well but you cannot change the weather. Next year will be better.”
Sawe had Kelvin Kiptum’s 2023 world record of 2:00:35 in his sights when he reached halfway in 1:00:12, but faded towards the end.
In the women’s race, Wanjiru sped away from the lead pack after 25 kilometers before finishing in 2:21:05.
Ethiopia’s Dera Dida followed three seconds behind Wanjiru, with Azmera Gebru, also of Ethiopia, coming third in 2:21:29.
Wanjiru’s time was 12 minutes slower than compatriot Ruth Chepng’etich’s world record of 2:09:56, which she set in Chicago in 2024.
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