NewStats: 3,264,756 , 8,184,622 topics. Date: Thursday, 12 June 2025 at 10:00 AM 45q6a

descartes400:


I use buypower.ng or the app from playstore
if the above doesn't work i use my gtb app if you bank with them.

Ok thanks

jmoore:

Buypower
metertoken

Thanks

BadBradley:
empty fool

I ain't your mom

To whom is this news?

Isn't this what people have been saying for the past ten years?

NeckingNgulping:
I'm of strong opinion that if they can meter most households, and generate stable electricity, Discos will make a whole lot of money as people will always recharge and pay their bills when they're sure it will get them the services they're paying for.

When you see that your neighbour has paid and has light, you would want to pay as quickly as possible to get yours. That's just the way it is.

The parts of my state with steady light use meters and a far cry from the parts that don't use it and are on estimated billing.

they don’t prefer metering cos they know they can’t give stable power

Bribri:
At mile 12 right if yes, I was there too

Hnmmm.. that's true .. omor you were there .. I drove there and scolded the useless police men . But they chose to argue and abuse me ,saying why did I drive and not carry her

Lol.
Dis is funny!

Otamendi99:


Well, i prefer estimated billing to prepaid. My bill is not much. I pay like 10k. I get to use my ACs and energy consuming appliances.

Discos in Nigeria are agent of darkness working for satan

NeckingNgulping:
I'm of strong opinion that if they can meter most households, and generate stable electricity, Discos will make a whole lot of money as people will always recharge and pay their bills when they're sure it will get them the services they're paying for.

When you see that your neighbour has paid and has light, you would want to pay as quickly as possible to get yours. That's just the way it is.

The parts of my state with steady light use meters and a far cry from the parts that don't use it and are on estimated billing.

The energy thieves nko?

How did you got it?

Watinhapen:
Prepaid meter can never be compared to estimated billing. Estimated billing is a big scam. I’m using prepaid meter and I know how little I spend because of the epileptic power supply. I haven’t spent up to 20k since last year June till now.

I dont understand dis.
Can you come again more clearer?
Goodevening.

Neoteny:


Nonsense.

Discos too are billed by the Market Operator and bulk trader same as customers are billed by discos.

Estimated billed customers don't pay the full billed amount because they dispute it. The Discos end up losing as the unsettled invoices end up in thd receivables ledger while the market demands minimum remittances that are often higher than the total collection.

If, however, the customers are metered, the Discos settle market invoices only according to what was consumed.

Therefore, discos lose more if fewer customers pay.

Jeez!
Never heard of this style before.

Hakeem66:
I don't think so. Many will be consuming more than the estimated bill given to them. Once there's a constant power supply, metering everyone will be to the advantage of the discos.

One woman operating a restaurant with two deep freezers has been paying her electricity bill up to date, but the NEPA officials later decided to conduct a proper investigation. They discovered that she's operating a cold room with 10 giant deep freezers inside the building and using the restaurant as a cover-up.

If you bill her 60k a month, she will gladly pay because she knows she is cheating them.

There are many others like her in different parts of the country. Some have mini factories in their residential apartments but still pay residential house electricity bill.

These are people making life difficult for those on estimated bill. They consume electricity as factories but pay as residential. The other energy consumed would then be shared to the estimated customers.

Nigerians can be dubious; we don't seem to want a working society. We always want to cheat, which is why many are suffering for the sins of a few. Energy theft is rampant in this country, and I pity those on estimated bills in areas with an epileptic power supply.

What did the telecom sector do?

eldoradoxx:
Na today? A very close confidant told me the same thing. Discos are not ready to give pre-paid meters so that they can use estimated billing. Infact estimated billing is why electricity is not improving. Federal Government should use the concept they used in the telecom sector in solving the electricity crisis. Who ever can import or locally produce and distribute the meters should do so directly to Nigerians, just as telecom service providers dont have any business in distributing telephone sets.

Is postpaid different from estimated?

Everlastingson:
Where I live presently NEPA charges EVERY compound on postpaid meter and those without meter at all an average of #35k per month for non flat buildings and #25k per flat per month for those living in flats. Still the power you no see. Criminal is understatement.

jmoore:

So if they write 50k for estimated bill, you will pay all?

I didn't say the bill will be 5k per month. Whatever the amount written there, we paid 5k when we were still on estimated.

Anyone that pays in full, na em sabi.

The thing there is, if you're the owner of the property and you want to put prepaid, you're still going to pay back all those backlogs.

AnambraPikinSel:
Nah Aba this one dey stay and he will be everywhere dissing Lagos State.

You no dey shame say for the whole of page one, na only you and mentally challenged paraman drop tribalistic comment?

CorrectionFLuid:


The thing there is, if you're the owner of the property and you want to put prepaid, you're still going to pay back all those backlogs.

Estimated arrears can be contested.

AnambraPikinSel:



Aba is pig pen

So is Lagos
Your choice

Pray4meJC:


You are part of the rotteness in the system. What you are doing is stealing electricity through ACs and electric cookers etc and consuming up to 70k monthly. The balance amount is tracked through general meter installed at the transformer. Now because DISCOs are very lazy and corrupt themselves to track bying customers and energy thieves, they spread these balance amount to the rest innocent customers while thieves like you and those bying meter go about feeling smart. Most welders in Nigeria don't ever pay for energy, they just hang wire. Nigerians are not ready yet to enjoy 24/7 electricity. Energy theft must be purge out from the system entirely. This is similar to the browsing cheat experience in the telecom sector decade(s) ago.

You are a thief and no thief go ever enter heaven

Na ur Papa Problem.. u n who wan go Heaven did u see me say By. U no even ask me my Band, u no even ask me how long i get to enjoy d light. U go dey explain.

donslmnstvn:


E be like say nah inside Bush you dey live that's why

Lol. I dey Live for Owerri town. With good roads, close to everything i want. 4 mins to govt house. But i no go tell u where. Man na be bad belle.

donslmnstvn:



Noted. We go put you for Band A Customers so from the month of June, you will start paying 50k per month

No problem. I go enjoy am. So far dem dy give me d 20hrs up. No wam.

BigCowHornn:



So is Lagos
Your choice

But your ancestors want to die in Lagos

CorrectionFLuid:


You no dey shame say for the whole of page one, na only you and mentally challenged paraman drop tribalistic comment?

Chop shit

What do you mean by meter thieves?

Mrexcell:
Aba people are extremely lucky to be getting free pre paid meters here in warri meters are hot cakes selling above #100k meter thieves have even made it more scarcer in my street they have completely stolen over 90% of the meters I suspect these thieves are working with bedc the disco responsible for the whole delta state.

Love800:
What do you mean by meter thieves?

People that steal meters from where they are installed they are very common here in warri.

What do you mean by do not wait on dem?

MasterTeeUSA:
Very plausible...cos my Dad's place ...within 2 yrs, Electricity estimated billing went up to over N100k. In addition, the DisCos guy was collecting cash from the tenants. Now, we have installed prepaid meters. My other tenants pay N10k per year for a common prepaid meter per year...we had to reduce it to N5k because they still have so many units after 1yr. So PrePaid Meter is the way to go. If you are with IBEDC, this is how you get PrePaid Meter.

1. Go to https://msms.ibedc.com/map/ and with your old , you can apply for MAP ID.
2. Then follow the process or go to their office
3. They will check if you have balances and move it to the new
4. You might need to bribe them to come out to do a Tech Evaluation...sadly they can be useless.
5. Once Billing and Tech Evaluation is done, pay ONLINE...don't be a fool and pay into individual's
6. Once payment is confirmed online, they will install your PrePaid Meter within 10 business days.

Do NOT wait on them. They will keep telling you they don't have prepaid meters. They told my DAD and we have installed over 20 prepaid meters after their excuses and lies.

AnambraPikinSel:



I ain't your mom

your mama has dropped more boxers than Mike Tyson. Tell her to keep my as a memorabilia

I thought prepaid meter will leave you with huge bill?

Otamendi99:


Well. I have been paying so since 2020. Even pple around prefer estimated to ppm around dat area. Some flats pay as low as 3k a month.

BadBradley:
my mama has dropped more boxers than Mike Tyson. Tell her to keep mine as a memorabilia

She's your mom and you can tell her that yourself

Love800:
I thought prepaid meter will leave you with huge bill?

Ppm is only good wen u don have much energy consuming appliances. But if u run ACs etc. Estimated is 4 u

Mrfeel:

Which app do you buy 2k 1k token from, I used to buy using opay and palmpay but this days only 3k and above token is available on this two apps

I bought even #200 token experiments using opay.

Love800:
Is postpaid different from estimated?

There's a new digital postpaid meter that NEPA gives to people now. That's what I meant when I say those on postpaid meter. Then there are those ( the majority) who still use the old black analogue meter. This second group is what I meant by those " who don't have meter". Though NEPA applies estimated billing to both as they don't read the meter . If NEPA uses the meter reading they can't practice their estimated billing fraud. Still there are some who have none of the above types of meter, no meter at all.