A concerned UNIBEN student and social media user, Ademola Josh, has reacted to what he termed “misleading information” circulating on WhatsApp groups within the university community.
The student said after reading the content of the message tagged “THREAT BY BEDC TO DISCONNECT THE UNIVERSITY” and supposedly signed by the university management, it became imperative to clarify that,
“The claim that the April 2024 electricity bill being outrageous is actually mis-leading, as the bill was based on actual meter readings, as cosumed by UNIBEN.
The significant increase in the billed amount from previous months is due to a government-mandated tariff increase for Band A customers, which applies to all DISCOs, including BEDC.
The increase was from N68/KWh to N225/KWh but later slashed to 206/KWh. see link for details https://tinyurl.com/tariffincrease”
He ended by stating that “the purported threat of the withdrawal of supply by BEDC is likely as a result of the University Management refusal to make payment for energy consumed in April 2024”, expressing hope that payment is made ASAP to avoid the said disconnection.
