The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (Ikeja Electric) has announced the addition of 23 Lagos communities to its Band A feeders for 20 to 24-hour electricity supply.
These new communities increase the total number of Band A feeders under the Ikeja Electric to 179.
The electricity company disclosed this in a tweet:
Band A electricity is a classification for electricity consumers who receive a minimum of 20 hours of electricity per day.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) introduced the Service-Based Tariff (SBT) scheme in 2020 to classify consumers into bands based on the number of hours of electricity they receive. The other bands are:
Customers in Band A pay N209. 5/kWh.
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Meanwhile, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano state, cried out after it was thrown into darkness.
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) disconnected the university’s power supply over the N248 million outstanding accumulated electricity bill.
The dean of student affairs, Prof. Abdulkadir Dambazau, said the management of the state-owned university is left with three options in an attempt to resolve the predicament.
Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at TimesNow.com.ng.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
