Niger Delta
Power Firm Moves To Recover Defunct PHCN Debts
The Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), said it would collect all debts owed the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in its operational areas.
With the power sector reforms, BEDC now controls electricity distribution in Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti states.
BEDC Head of Corperate Communications, Mr Nwadei Curtis, disclosed this to newsmen in an interview in Benin.
“It is not a situation of bad debts at all. We will collect every kobo from those who owed PHCN for service rendered, but who are now our customers,’’ Curtis said.
“I don’t know where customers got the idea from. Cancellation of customers debts is never part of the negotiation for the takeover.
“It is not a bad debt as they are claiming in some quarters,’’ he said.
According to him, BEDC will strive to improve on the power distribution in its areas of jurisdiction.
He said that load shedding in the four states was a national phenomenon and not peculiar to the area.
“There was a drop from 4,500 megawatts to 2,600 megawatts. That was a serious challenge for everyone in the power sector,’’ he said.
Curtis, however, assured customers of a brighter future and “enjoyable service delivery once we overcome these initial challenges’’.
On prepaid metres, he said: “we have just taken delivery of bulk prepaid metres which we are immediately distributing to all our district centres”
“We advise all our customers, who have made payments, to go for the collection of their prepaid metres.
“I also urge those yet to apply to make the payment of N24, 832 to the bank after filling out the necessary forms at the nearest BEDC district office’’.
Curtis urged customers to avoid touts or BEDC staff who would encourage them to cheat, stressing that the process of acquiring metres was not difficult.
“A customer will receive his or her prepaid metre 45 days after verification of the payment,” he said.
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