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Dennis Naku, Port Harcourt
Published 1:44 am
HUNDREDS of aggrieved electricity consumers, including civil society organisations took to the streets in Port Harcourt on Wednesday to protest what they termed continued estimated billings by the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company.
While asking the power distribution company to leave the state, the protesters under the aegis of Concerned Electricity Consumers in Rivers State, blocked the entrance of the PHEDC head office along Moscow Road, demanding to be addressed by the Managing Director.
The protesters who carried placards bearing inscriptions such as, ‘No to illegal disconnections’, ‘Give us prepaid meters’ , ‘Residents of Ogbogoro rejects N3.6m outrageous demand by PHEDC to supply power to the area’, among others.