EDITORIAL: First Power Must Stop Energy Theft, Not Punish Innocent Consumers

First Power Nigeria in Anambra State must urgently confront the growing problem of electricity theft, particularly the alleged bypassing of prepaid meters, instead of allowing innocent consumers to bear the financial consequences of fraudulent electricity consumption by others. It is both unfair and unacceptable for residents who dutifully pay for the electricity they consume to…

COOUTH Seeks Subsidised Electricity Tariff, Special Support From FirstPower

The Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Awka, has appealed to FirstPower Electricity Distribution Company to consider the hospital for special electricity support, including possible concessions or subsidised tariffs, to enable it sustain uninterrupted healthcare services. The appeal was made by the Deputy Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee (D-CMAC), Dr. Chinenye MaryQueen Uju, when a…

Impunity of First Power MD: Cutting Electricity to Blackmail, Endanger Journalist’s Life in Anambra

MD FirstPower Engr Okechukwu Okafor and journalist Okechukwu Obeta arguing over the levy at a public function in Awka The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), through its subsidiary, First Power Electricity Distribution Company (FpEDC), has plunged residents of Amudo Village, Awka, into prolonged darkness,allegedly as punishment for exposing an extortion scheme linked to the repair…

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