Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, Marketing Manager, Bauchi Trading Zone of Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) on Sunday observed that most customers in the state were reluctant to install Prepayment Meters (PPM) in spite of its advantages,
Abubakar said in an interview in Bauchi that some of the customers had the misconception that with PPM, they would spend more on electricity. He stated that plans were in the pipeline to ensure the metering of all customers by 2018, but added that people must embrace the PPM for the target to be achieved.
The manager also lamented the poor attitude of customers in his zone towards settling their electricity bills, thereby making the company to lose revenue. According to him, out of about 19,000 customers in his zone, those settling their bills regularly are not up to 12,000.
Abubakar also said another major challenge was the menace of vandals, who had been targeting transformers to remove expensive parts, resulting in frequent power black-outs that had been a source of friction between the Disco and customers.
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Abubakar said in an interview in Bauchi that some of the customers had the misconception that with PPM, they would spend more on electricity. He stated that plans were in the pipeline to ensure the metering of all customers by 2018, but added that people must embrace the PPM for the target to be achieved.
The manager also lamented the poor attitude of customers in his zone towards settling their electricity bills, thereby making the company to lose revenue. According to him, out of about 19,000 customers in his zone, those settling their bills regularly are not up to 12,000.
Abubakar also said another major challenge was the menace of vandals, who had been targeting transformers to remove expensive parts, resulting in frequent power black-outs that had been a source of friction between the Disco and customers.
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