Electricity workers under the auspices of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) have alleged that electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) are using dubious antics to rob Nigerians.

The workers also alleged that electricity distribution companies have failed to upgrade and expand their capacities and networks.

They workers disclosed this while addressing a press conference on Monday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

It will be recalled that the power sector was privatized in 2013. However, these distribution companies have failed to upgrade since the sector was privatized, said the Assistant General Secretary, Western Zone of NUEE, Modupeoluwa Akinola, while addressing newsmen on behalf of his colleagues.

Akinola said, “The distribution Companies known as (DISCOs), are not fairing better”.

They have failed to upgrade and expand their capacities and networks while using dubious antics like overbilling to rub the people; force communities to procure distribution facilities like transformers, cables, poles etc., which are not only grossly inadequate but also in decrepit conditions and dubiously claimed the ownership.

We consider this to be quite unfortunate and unthinkable, given the over N2 trillion of bailout fund that the FG has given to both the DISCOs and GENCOs at different occasions since the privatization.

There has been practically nothing to show in terms of improvement in the electricity supply and better performance for the $20 billion, the FG claimed to have invested in the power sector since 2005.

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