The Kano Electricity Distribution Company has echoed that deployment and installation of meters by its field officials remain
The information was released to the public via a statement tatement signed by KEDCO Head of Communications, Ibrahim Shawai, on Monday, in Kano.
According to him, the statement becomes necessary in view of the recent claims by some online platforms that customers in Kano franchise were made to pay ‘indirectly’ for meters.
“This is totally out of place as we have never collected money for meter or installations.
“It is as a result of our support for the Federal Government Mass Metering programme where thousands of meters have been installed at different households under our franchise.
“Anyone disguising as KEDCO staff or conniving with any of our staff to extort customers, such persons would not be spared but prosecuted in line with the provisions of the law when caught,” Shawai said.
He added that customers have also confirmed to KEDCO’s monitoring team that they didn’t pay any fees before having m
