The Ikeja Electric Plc (IE) has announced that non-paying customers within its franchise network will not be disconnected during the two-week stay-at-home period enforced by the Lagos State government to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The Disco, in a statement on Wednesday, said the decision to suspend all disconnection activities was taken to allow all its customers enjoy electricity supply during the lockdown period, while giving consideration to those who cannot afford to pay their March 2020 bills due to the closure.
According to the statement, the acting CEO of the company, Folake Soetan, said: “At Ikeja Electric, we are committed to ensuring that our customers enjoy steady and quality supply throughout this difficult period and beyond. We recognize the fact that electricity supply is critical to our ability to stay safe, clean and indoors.
“Therefore, we have also taken a decision to suspend all disconnection activities of non-paying customers for the period of two weeks starting today. This is to ensure that customers who cannot afford to pay their March bills due to the closure continue to enjoy supply until the stay at home order is lifted. Customers who also wish to pay their bills can also do so using any of our designated online payment platforms. Our prepaid customers can buy energy online using any of your preferred online banking or merchant platforms. You can also visit our website to purchase vending units.”
Speaking further, the statement quoted Soetan as saying that Ikeja Electric, as one of the companies designated as essential services, has put measures in place to ensure that engineers and technicians are available to clear all forced and unforced outages, while also continuing with the preventive maintenance programmes.
She also said that the company, in line with its mantra of treating customer first using technology now policy, has mandated its customer service representatives to be available to respond to all complaints and inquiries promptly and professionally, adding that it will leverage on its world class communication tools online and via social media to attend to complaints and inquiries while also increasing the turnaround time for resolution.
While also noting that all employees on essential services throughout this lockdown period are committed to ensuring that customers get the best service in line with its processes and best practices, Soetan urged customers to avoid giving any monetary inducement to any employees as they carry out the job of serving customers better.
