Many electricity consumers residing in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have raised concerns over what they describe as discriminatory and unequal access to electricity supply across customer bands, particularly under the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC).
Several residents who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday alleged that the current electricity distribution framework heavily favors customers on Band A, to the detriment of those on Bands B to E, who are subjected to erratic and epileptic power supply despite being billed.
According to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Band A customers—who receive between 18 to 20 hours of electricity daily—are billed at N209.5 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), while customers on Band B are charged N63/kWh. However, residents argue that this segmentation has created a two-tier electricity system that punishes the majority while favoring a few.