Abia Lawmakers Decry Poor Electricity Services

Lawmakers in Abia State have joined other electricity consumers in the state in condemning the poor services rendered by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC).
The lawmakers also accused EEDC of extortion through the issuance of outrageous bills and decried the estimated billing method by the EEDC, even when consumers were not supplied with power.
They consequently resolved to summon the Chairman, National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), to appear before them towards finding a way to check the EEDC poor services.
The legislators made the call to EEDC at a meeting with consumers who claimed that they had not been supplied power for more that one month without any word from EEDC explaining the reason for the power cut.
The consumers while expressing their dissatisfaction with the services rendered by EEDC, urged the company to send capable hands to Abia State to address the cause of the fault as the problem was beyond the capacity of the Umuahia based EEDC workers to handle.
The Abia Assembly, is presently processing a bill for a law to check what it called indiscriminate installation of telecommunications cable and masts, especially those close to residential areas, which pose health  threats.