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Electricity consumers do not want to pay on the basis of estimated bills, rather they want to pay for what they consume and should be provided meters in order to achieve this, the Federal Government told power distribution companies on Tuesday.
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Despite initial backlash and delay from local assemblers, the World Bank, in Abuja, yesterday, went ahead with a plan to provide about 1.25 million electricity meters, even as the Federal Government insisted estimated billing must end.
An Ikeja High Court has fixed March 2 for hearing of a suit against Ikeja Electric and Eko Electricity Distribution Company over their failure to implement the order capping estimated billing of some of their customers.