BEDC to distribute 70, 000 prepaid meters in Ondo

By Fatimah Muraina
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Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) has completed arrangements to begin the distribution of 70,000 prepaid meters in Ondo state

The Public Relations Officer of Ekiti and Ondo states distribution Centers, Mr Kayode Brown disclosed this in a telephone interview with The Hope in Akure.

His words: ” We are almost at the kick off stage now. Five contractors have been approved to install close to 70,000 meters in Ondo state”.

He noted that the meters could either be paid for immediately or instalmentaly within two to 10 years .

“Any moment from now we will start and we will do enough publicity for everybody to be involved so that nobody will claim not knowing that meters are available”

“We are almost getting ready to start deploying the meters”, he further declared.

Brown, who stated that five contractors were to procure the meters for BEDC to restore them explained that the contractors would only be using the meters to measure BEDC energy.

Affirming the readiness of the contractors in deploying the metres, Brown said the prices of the meters have been given by the contractors and that data of subscribers have been taken from BEDC through the enumeration exercise.

He urged interested consumers to make themselves available for enumeration which he noted is the prerequisite for getting a meter.

“You must be captured into our database before you can get it. If you have not been enumerated, you can visit any of our offices with a passport photograph and a copy of the bill or pending paper to get yourself enumerated” he said.

While stressing the need to pay electricity bill, he observed that prompt payment of electricity bill will take people out of power outages as well as provide room for an industrial development to provide jobs for the teeming youths .