The House of Representatives has frowned at the practice of transferring unpaid electricity debts of old users to new home occupants by the Distribution Companies (DISCOs).
To this end, the House Thursday mandated its committee on power to engage the DISCOs and the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), to find a lasting solution to the problem, this was as it also mandated the Committee on Legislative Compliance to ensure compliance.
The resolution was sequel to a motion sponsored by Shoyinka Olatunji who lamented the constant complaints by electricity consumers on the poor services provided by the DISCOs and also in the habit of transferring outstanding debts of old customer to new users.
He said:”The distribution companies, responsible for the collection of payments for services rendered to consumers allow unpaid bills to accumulate, do not follow the lay down principles and guidelines by regulatory authorities towards unpaid bills and disconnection of non paying customers.
“If nothing is done to curb the act of transferring debts incurred by other consumers to new consumers, the later will continue to bear the burden of paying for the electricity they did not consume.”
