Kwara hoteliers protest high electricity tariff by IBEDC

29th May 2024

IBEDC

The Association of Hotel Owners in Kwara State on Tuesday took to the streets to protest what it described as the outrageous and insensitive hike of electricity tariffs given to them by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company in the state.

The protest which later terminated at the office of the Nigeria Electricity Regulation Commission on Kwara State Stadium Road, Ilorin in the afternoon was led by its President, Alhaji Dauda Akande, who handed the petition containing the grievances of the association to the secretary of the Ilorin branch of the Forum of NERC.

The complaints, according to the protesters, included electricity tariff hike, computer manipulation and number of hours given to them for electricity supply by the IBEDC which is the company in charge of Electricity supply to Kwara State.

Some placards carried by the hoteliers read, “IBEDC, stop hike in electricity tariff”, “We say capital no to high electricity tariff by IBEDC”, “We will not allow IBEDC  to drive us out of business”, “NERC, please rescue us from high electricity tariff impose on our members by IBEDC”, among others.

In the letter presented to the NERC secretary, Akande alleged that the IBEDC wanted to drive members of the hotel owners in the state out of business with the high electricity tariff being imposed on them.

According to him, “In its recent upward review of its tariffs, the IBEDC outrageously and insensitively increased the electricity tariff of its Band A customers, under which many of our members fall, from N74 to N225 per unit.

“The company later effected marginal downward review to N205 per unit.

SOURCE:PUNCH

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