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The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC on Wednesday said the proposal to give free energy units to cushion the effects of lockdown was still hanging despite claim by some Nigerians that they got free units.
Recall that the House of Representatives and the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party,PDP had called on electricity distribution companies to give Nigerians free energy units during the lockdown.
A probe into this development by TheNewsGuru.com (TNG), proved that the proposal was yet to be implemented.
A top official of AEDC who spoke to TNG under the condition of anonymity said” we’ve not received any instruction or modality to implement such a directive till date.
“At our own end there’s nothing like that because if there’s any directive to that effect we’ll be the first to be briefed to effect it.
TNG spoke to an agent of AEDC, Mr Emmanuel Omenufu who debunked the claim saying” people should be careful as it could be the handiwork of miscreants.
“You can enjoy free units for now only if you have a new metre but if you do not have a new metre and you enjoy free units something is definitely wrong.
“We the agents are yet to hear or receive any instruction bordering on free units to help Nigerians cushion the effects of the lockdown.
To further verify this claim, TNG spoke to electricity consumers operating metres in a 14 apartment estate and nobody could tangibly verify the claim.
The manager of the estate, Mr Pious Warri in Kubwa a satellite town of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT told TNG that” there’s no difference in terms of more units because I recharged just two days ago.