DON’T PAY TO APPLY FOR PREPAID METERS – EEDC WARNS CUSTOMERS

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC, EEDC, has cautioned its customers against falling victim to any individual or group demanding money from them to process their electricity meter application.

The Head of Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr. Emeka Ezeh on Tuesday in a statement reacting to a claim circulating on social media aimed at defrauding its customers who are applying for meters.

He stressed that EEDC does not charge customers for meter applications.

The company said it has an online meter application infrastructure in place that allows customers to apply for prepaid meters and monitor their applications seamlessly.

It noted that a situation where customers would be made to pay for meter applications is worrisome.

Ezeh said the fraudulent announcement is said to have emanated from a group known as South East Electricity Consumers Association (SEECA), signed by its National Chairman, Rev. Okechukwu Christopher Obioha, requesting electricity customers who are applying for prepaid meters to submit their application form to the Association with a remittance of N5000 into a First Bank account (2044673039) as cost for “data and other logistics”.

“We call on our customers not to allow themselves to be defrauded by paying for meter application as it is illegal, inapplicable and unnecessary.

“It is only the cost of the meter that customers are expected to pay for (under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) program), after a Demand Note must have been issued to them, having formally applied for the meter through the approved official channel.“All that customers who want to apply for meters need to do is simply log on to the EEDC website,” he stated.