NO TO
IKEJADISCO EXCESSIVE EXPLOITATIVE BULK BILLING
NO PAYMENT…NO
DISCONNECTION!
WE WON’T WE CAN’T PAY
Our agitation,
struggle and protest against the incessant darkness with our slogan of ‘No
light, NO PAYMENT’ over the past three months impacted tremendously on
the improved service and supply of electricity to our community, currently. We
cannot but thank and commend all residents of the Ago-Okota Community for the
unity and support without which the success and the light we all enjoy will not
have been possible. Dare to Struggle,
Dare to WIN!
However the
July 2015 current bill of between N11, 670 and N15, 000 is too much on the high
side and is entirely unacceptable to residents. THIS IS ANOTHER
WAKEUP CALL. NO PAYMENT, NO
DISCONNECTION! WE WON’T PAY, WE CAN’T PAY! The agitation for a 24hrs all round
electricity supply should not be for the rich alone. With the question of
increase in tariff still under legal disputation, why this exploitative
billing? WE SAY NO TO CRAZY BILLS! With minimum wage officially at N18,
000 how is that IKEJADISCO wants to STEAL over 80% of the average minimum
wage in the country from our pockets. Haba with what will now meet our other
basic needs.
A majority of
people are not engaged in any mass factory production, beyond the domestic
usage of electric bulbs, TV, radio, fridge, fans, pressing iron, which are not
even under use most of the day when residents go for their daily struggle for
survival. A billing beyond an average of N1, 500 monthly, is extremely
exploitative bearing in mind that there are other essential needs that must
necessarily be met. A situation where the annual total for electricity bill per
family will equal or even shoot higher than the average rent for accommodation
in Ago Palace/Okota is unacceptable.
While
welcoming the possibility of the distribution of PRE-PAID METERS in the
community by IKEJADISCO as a part of meeting our earlier agitation, we demand
that this be done in earnest without any indirect attempt to exploit us through
excessive electricity bills, especially when those with pre-paid meters in the
community who also use the same quantity of power supply like the rest of us,
are paying far less than N2,000 monthly. We therefore express our total
rejection of the bills of July 2015, and call on all residents to commence a CAMPAIGN
of non-payment! RETURN YOUR BILLS. WE
WON’T PAY WE CAN’T PAY! DIVIDED WE FALL, UNITED WE STAND!!
RALLY/PROTEST
- Saturday,
29 August 2015/ 8:00am prompt
Take off Point 9 Mosebolaje street, Ago Palace, Okota, Lagos
Issued by AGO UNITED-OKOTA COMMUNITY MOVEMENT
Tel: 08034513073, 080337119268, 08027163821,
0835973048, 08056655908, 0706645661
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