Many electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Band A have appealed to the Federal Government to review downward the high tariff amid the economic hardship.
Band A customers are those who enjoy at least 20 hours of electricity daily and are expected to pay ₦209.5/KiloWatts per hour (KWh).
The consumers who live at Lugbe, Area 10, Apo resettlement area and environs said that Band A was okay because they enjoy constant power supply but added that the tariff was too high and so could not cope with the present situation.
Mrs Amen Odigie, a civil servant residing in Lugbe said that she found herself paying so much to enjoy power supply which was okay. Odigie said that what she paid for electricity in the two bedroom flat she occupied was more than ₦30,000 in a month.
“This is really telling on me as what I earn as salary cannot go anywhere with the present economic hardship in the country.
”I want to appeal to the government to review the high electricity tariff as this Band A is taking most of my income, ” she said.
(NAN)
