The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has handed the residents of Ohafia with an electricity bill for N2.1 billion naira, which has alarmed Ibe Okwara Osonwa, the member of the House of Representatives representing Arochukwu, the federal constituency of Ohafia.

Osonwa claimed that the ridiculous charge was issued to his constituents despite the fact that Ohafia has been without power for almost five years.

The House of Representatives member, who disclosed this in Umuahia while briefing journalists on his first year in the green chambers, said he had taken moves to end the crazy bill saga, among other accomplishments.

He suggested that the Federal government should cancel the licence of any electrical provider that is unable to produce electricity, claiming that inadequate power supply is the cause of Nigeria’s economic problems.

The legislator bemoaned the recent murder of a woman in Isu community constituency, stating that he had worked with the security services and administration of Abia State to bring peace back to the volatile region.

In addition to claiming to have introduced a bill in the National Assembly to rename Ohafia General Hospital the Federal Medical Centre, Osonwa added that his constituency’s crumbling bridges, poor roads, and threat of gully erosion needed to be addressed.

On the Nigerian Labour Congress’ (NLC) minimum wage demand, the legislator stated that the N400,000 demand is unreasonable, suggesting that workers should be paid N100,000 as a living wage.

He utilised the occasion to point out that members of the National Assembly do not receive large salaries, and that those who accuse them of being indifferent to the condition of Nigerian workers are just being unfair to the legislators.