UNIZIK SUG TO ASSIST IN SOLVING PHCN CHARGES PROBLEMS AT IFITE

According to reports reaching us from The Office of The UNIZIK SUG PRO, a forum formed by the presidents of Lodges in Ifite recently met to discuss the abnormal billing system by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria PLC (PHCN).

According to the reports, the
agenda of the meeting was to address the issues of PHCN abnormal charges.

Before now so many have complained about the outrageous amounts paid by hostels located in Ifite.

A resident at Ifite disclosed that his hostel was billed
N1.8 million and they succeeded in raising seven hundred and fifty thousand naira only. But to their surprise two weeks of reconnection, the PHCN staff returned and disconnected them again.

Other residents also complained that before the recent ASUU strike that lasted for about five months, they were owing three hundred
and fifty thousand naira but when they returned after the strike, the debt has escalated
to eight hundred and fifty thousand naira. The residents lamented that they were exploited by the PHCN because no one used the light that brought about the
increment in the amount owed.

Some also complained that PHCN most times,
don't only disconnect those  owing from the concrete poles through which they were connected but also disconnect the power from the transformer thereby affecting both those that have paid and those that have not.

The residents who are all UNIZIK Students called on the institution's SUG to look into the matter and intervene.
At the end of the meeting, the attendees resolved to go to the office of the PHCN to lay their complaints but when they got there yesterday, there was no access into the
compound.

The meeting which was held in ANGELES LODGE towards Yahoo junction had the president of SUG, Comrade Ibe Cico, The Chief Judge Justice Muoneme and the chairman of house committee on security.

Also present was the SRC house majority leader Hon Dominic.

Source: UNIZIK SUG Blog